Design and IN-based modeling of handover protocols for UMTS

Author

Loukas, Nikos H. ; Alonistioti, Athanassia ; Morrisey, Patrick ; Merakos, Lazaros F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf., Athens Univ., Greece

Volume

1

fYear

1997

fDate

4-7 May 1997

Firstpage

324

Abstract

An important assumption with respect to the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is the anticipated integration into fixed broadband telecommunication networks using intelligent networks (IN) concepts. In this context, the UMTS mobile-specific functions could potentially be implemented as IN-like services. This paper elaborates on the design and modeling of the handover control functions from the IN viewpoint. The resulting model is capable of handling in a generic way the handover requirements of different radio access mobile systems considered for UMTS. The proposed handover control protocols, are at this level of abstraction, radio technology independent

Keywords

broadband networks; intelligent networks; internetworking; land mobile radio; protocols; subscriber loops; telecommunication control; IN based modeling; IN services; UMTS; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; fixed broadband telecommunication networks; handover control functions; handover protocols design; intelligent networks; mobile specific functions; network interoperability; radio access mobile systems; 3G mobile communication; B-ISDN; Communication networks; Control systems; Informatics; Intelligent networks; Protocols; Radio control; Telecommunication control; Telecommunication standards;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1997, IEEE 47th

Conference_Location

Phoenix, AZ

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3659-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1997.596373

Filename

596373