A new mobile communication system using autonomous radio link control with decentralized base stations

A highly advanced and diversified society has been making a significant impact on the increase in the demand for mobile communications. This paper proposes a new concept of a mobile communication system based on the deployment of decentralized autonomous radio link control with decentralized base stations (DCM system: Decentralized Control architecture Mobile communication system). After presenting the service conditions and the system objectives, it gives a description of a basic DCM system, which includes the system configuration, radio system, and control architecture. The concept of autonomous radio link control that embodies the system is then discussed. One specific manifestation called ESCORT, that realizes autonomous radio link control, is then described. The concluding section will show the prospects for future development of this system and discuss additional technical problems that still must be overcome.