A comparative study of tracking strategies using directional mobility models

Author

Lombardo, A. ; Palazzo, S. ; Tedesco, M.

Author_Institution

Istituto di Inf. e Telecommun., Catania Univ., Italy

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

1-4 Sep 1997

Firstpage

994

Abstract

Various tracking strategies for the location of a mobile user in a cellular system have been introduced in literature. Up to now they have been evaluated using simple mobility models that do not take into account the various directions in which users often move. We present a comprehensive study of the distance-based, movement-based and multilayer strategies, from which it emerges that the effectiveness of these techniques depends not only on the call-to-mobility rate, a parameter typically referred to in literature, but also on the directional characteristics of the user mobility model

Keywords

cellular radio; paging communication; tracking; UMTS; call-to-mobility rate; cellular system; comparative study; directional mobility models; distance-based strategy; mobile user location; movement-based strategy; multilayer strategy; performance analysis; terminal paging; tracking strategies; user mobility model; 3G mobile communication; Costs; GSM; Large-scale systems; Mobile radio mobility management; Nonhomogeneous media; Telecommunication traffic; Urban areas;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1997. Waves of the Year 2000. PIMRC '97., The 8th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3871-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1997.627035

Filename

627035