Title :
An integrated approach for improving the dependability of the emerging wireless networks
Author :
Varshney, U. ; Malloy, A.D.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Comput. Inf. Syst., Georgia State Univ., Atlanta, GA, USA
Abstract :
It is well known that wireless networks are vulnerable to component and link failures, however very little work has been done towards improving the dependability of wireless networks. We present (a) dependability attributes of wireless infrastructure, (b) several architectures to improve the dependability of wireless networks, (c) a simulation model for evaluating one or more of these architectures, and (d) performance results. The results show that a significant improvement is possible in the wireless dependability attributes for supporting emerging applications
Keywords :
cellular radio; radio networks; telecommunication network reliability; MTBF; cellular radio; component failure; dependability attributes; integrated approach; link failure; mean-time-between-failure; mobility management; network architectures; simulation model; wireless infrastructure; wireless networks; Availability; Base stations; Computer networks; Databases; Electronic mail; Fault tolerance; Information systems; Mobile radio mobility management; Quality of service; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
Global Telecommunications Conference, 2001. GLOBECOM '01. IEEE
Conference_Location :
San Antonio, TX
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7206-9
DOI :
10.1109/GLOCOM.2001.966370
