Title :
Paging functionality in an experimental UMTS network
Author :
Martignoni, Stéphane ; Sanchez, David ; Struzak, Marcin
Author_Institution :
Ascom Autelca AG, Bern, Switzerland
Abstract :
The European research project EXODUS (Experiments on the deployment of UMTS) investigates an access-independent network architecture for supporting 3rd generation mobile services. This paper describes the general architecture of the EXODUS platform and focuses on the specific paging functionality used in this type of intelligent network (IN). A detailed description with information flow of the paging process helps to emphasise the issues encountered when paging is used. The technique applied is based on a “look ahead” principle, whereby information about the terminal is gathered before a connection is allowed to be setup. This look ahead technique is also compared with the paging procedure used in GSM
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; cellular radio; digital radio; intelligent networks; paging communication; EXODUS; European research project; Experiments on the deployment of UMTS; access-independent network architecture; experimental UMTS network; general architecture; generation mobile services; information flow; intelligent network; look ahead principle; paging functionality; 3G mobile communication; Asynchronous transfer mode; GSM; Information retrieval; Intelligent networks; Mobile communication; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Telecommunication standards; Telephony;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Florence
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5106-1
DOI :
10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733636
