Title :
A representative based architecture for handling mobility in connection oriented radio networks
Author :
Biswas, Subir Kumar ; Hopper, Andy
Author_Institution :
Comput. Lab., Cambridge Univ., UK
Abstract :
This paper presents a connection management architecture for handling mobility in a radio network environment. A new concept of per roaming entity software agent, known as mobile representative, is used for insulating fired network entities from the effects of user mobility. It is shown that mobile representatives can, be used for distributing mobility management load within fixed backbone network depending on the instantaneous physical locations of mobile terminals. The paper describes a representative management architecture followed by a novel connection caching strategy which is used for achieving low-latency and scalable connection handovers
Keywords :
cellular radio; distributed processing; land mobile radio; multimedia communication; software agents; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; connection caching strategy; connection management architecture; connection oriented radio networks; fired network entities; low-latency handovers; mobile representative; mobility; representative based architecture; representative management architecture; software agent; user mobility; Base stations; Computer architecture; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Radio network; Radio networks; Spine; Streaming media; Telecommunication traffic; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Personal Communications. 1995. Record., 1995 Fourth IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-2955-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICUPC.1995.497129