A handoff scheme for wireless ATM networks

Author

Lin, Hui-Tang ; Hughes, Herman D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Michigan State Univ., East Lansing, MI, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1996

fDate

29 Sep-2 Oct 1996

Firstpage

397

Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the issue of extending the ATM protocol to support connection handoffs. A VP-based hierarchical handoff scheme is proposed to support the ATM protocol over the integration of the wireless and wireline networks. This scheme provides a fast and efficient handoff connection processing mechanism. To demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed protocol, we implement it on our ATM network testbed. The mobility of mobile hosts is investigated by using the Ethernet network to simulate the wireless segment between mobile hosts and base stations

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; cellular radio; data communication; land mobile radio; personal communication networks; protocols; ATM protocol; Ethernet network; VP-based hierarchical handoff scheme; base stations; connection handoffs; handoff connection processing mechanism; mobile hosts; wireless ATM networks; wireline/wireless networks integration; Bandwidth; Base stations; Broadband communication; Ethernet networks; Quality of service; Spine; Telecommunication traffic; Testing; Wireless application protocol; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1996. Record., 1996 5th IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Cambridge, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3300-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1996.557938

Filename

557938