Title :
Reducing registration traffic for multitier personal communications services
Author :
Park, Kun Il ; Lin, Yi-Bing
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
fDate :
8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
This paper presents an architecture for the multitier personal communications system (PCS) and intelligent algorithms for mobility management (specifically, the registration procedure). The multitier PCS system architecture considered in this study integrates three individual tiers: a high-tier system, a licensed low tier, and a unlicensed low tier. These three tiers are integrated into a single system by using a single home-location register (HLR) or the multitier HLR (MHLR). Under this architecture, we describe a registration protocol, where the mobile station (MS) is allowed to register to the MHLR on only one tier at any given time. We propose several intelligent algorithms for the MS to determine whether to perform registration or not in various situations to reduce the registration traffic
Keywords :
cellular radio; personal communication networks; protocols; telecommunication network management; telecommunication traffic; HLR; MHLR; architecture; high-tier system; home-location register; intelligent algorithms; licensed low tier; mobile station; mobility management; multitier HLR; multitier personal communications services; registration procedure; registration protocol; registration traffic; unlicensed low tier; Costs; Frequency; Intelligent systems; Microcell networks; Mobile radio mobility management; Personal communication networks; Picture archiving and communication systems; Poles and towers; Protocols; Urban areas;
Journal_Title :
Vehicular Technology, IEEE Transactions on
