Title :
Experiences with the development of a distributed radio port controller architecture
Author :
Sirovica, D. ; Kamat, Purushottam
Author_Institution :
US West Technol., Boulder, CO, USA
fDate :
27 Sep-1 Oct 1994
Abstract :
This paper describes a distributed radio port controller architecture to provide PCS services in a micro-cellular environment. The architecture allows for rapid introduction of PCS services for mobile users using existing central office switches. Circuit and packet data services are efficiently integrated with voice services. We present the response of the vendor community to this architecture, and discuss the feasibility of its deployment. Integration of this architecture with cellular systems is explored to provide national coverage. Issues regarding seamless handovers between pedestrian and vehicular speeds in a two-tier radio system are discussed. Finally, the preliminary result of testing to validate the architecture by a simulator in a testbed is presented
Keywords :
cellular radio; circuit switching; data communication; digital simulation; distributed control; land mobile radio; packet switching; personal communication networks; simulation; telecommunication control; telecommunication services; voice communication; PCS services; cellular systems; central office switches; circuit data services; data-voice integration; distributed radio port controller architecture; micro-cellular environment; national coverage; network vendor; packet data services; pedestrian speeds; radio system; seamless handovers; simulator; testbed; testing; vehicular speeds; voice services; Communication switching; Distributed control; Intelligent networks; Personal communication networks; Radio control; Radio frequency; Routing; Switches; Telephone sets; Testing;
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.1994.383150
