Efficient UMTS data service provision using Infostations

Author

Irvine, J. ; Pesch, D. ; Robertson, D. ; Girma, D.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK

Volume

3

fYear

1998

fDate

18-21 May 1998

Firstpage

2532

Abstract

This paper presents an extension to the proposal for a small discontinuous data cell known as Infostations. By increasing the data rates which can be supported in certain areas, Infostations offers the possibility of cheap data service provision. This paper examines the effect of discontinuous coverage on capacity, and proposes the concept of a logical Infostation which controls a number of radio ports connected by a DQDB subnetwork. Advantages of this architecture are indicated and its relationship to existing proposals such as GPRS (General Packet Radio Service) and mobile IP are studied. Furthermore, the integration of such a system into a future UMTS with particular emphasis an issues such as registration, authentication and billing are discussed

Keywords

Internet; cellular radio; data communication; metropolitan area networks; mobile computing; packet radio networks; DQDB subnetwork; Infostations; architecture; authentication; billing; capacity; data rates; discontinuous coverage; efficient UMTS data service provision; logical Infostation; radio ports; registration; small discontinuous data cell; 3G mobile communication; Base stations; Equations; Fading; Frequency; GSM; Interference; Radio control; Radio link; Shadow mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1998. VTC 98. 48th IEEE

Conference_Location

Ottawa, Ont.

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4320-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1998.686216

Filename

686216