Title :
Architecture alternatives for wireless data services
Author :
Harasty, Daniel J. ; Chang, Li Fung ; Noerpel, Anthony R.
Author_Institution :
Bellcore, Red Bank, NJ, USA
fDate :
27 Sep-1 Oct 1994
Abstract :
The growth in wireless personal communications is expected to bring about an increase in data communications, both by emulating existing wireline data services, and by enabling entirely new services and applications. This paper describes a generalized network architecture for the interworking of wireless access systems (supporting wireless data users) to wireline networks (on which there are data services), and discusses the implementation of particular elements of the architecture. The generalized architecture describes wireless data users connected to services on wireline networks by way of an intermediate network and an appropriate interworking function (IWF). The intermediate network could be implemented in a variety of ways, such as a circuit-switched, centralized packet-switched, or a local area network (LAN). The IWF adapts radio protocols to those on the wireline network, and buffers the remote data service from user movement. The impacts of basic data call handling (call origination, call delivery, and handoff) on the intermediate network are the principle topic
Keywords :
access protocols; data communication; internetworking; mobile radio; packet radio networks; personal communication networks; architecture alternatives; basic data call handling; call delivery; call origination; centralized packet-switched; circuit-switched; data communications; generalized network architecture; handoff; intermediate network; interworking function; local area network; radio protocols; remote data service; user movement; wireless access systems; wireless data services; wireless personal communications; wireline networks; Access protocols; Bandwidth; Circuits; Local area networks; Modems; Radio control; Radio link; Springs; Transport protocols; Wireless communication;
Conference_Titel :
Universal Personal Communications, 1994. Record., 1994 Third Annual International Conference on
Conference_Location :
San Diego, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-1823-4
DOI :
10.1109/ICUPC.1994.383146