Analysis of the General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) of GSM as access to the Internet

Author

Hoff, Simon ; Meyer, Michael ; Sachs, Joachim

Author_Institution

Ericsson Eurolab Deutschland, Herzogenrath, Germany

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

5-9 Oct 1998

Firstpage

415

Abstract

The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) of the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM) is designed for packet switched data transmission and is a means of mobile access to packet data networks, e.g. the Internet. Packet switched transmission is inherently better suited for bursty traffic as it is generated by typical Internet applications-primarily WWW, FTP and e-mail. A simulator is presented showing the performance of GPRS for accessing TCP/IP based applications in the Internet. Performance is evaluated from the point of end-user perception as well as from a network operator´s perspective. The results demonstrate that GPRS is well suited for accessing Internet services in GSM

Keywords

Internet; cellular radio; data communication; packet radio networks; protocols; radio access networks; telecommunication traffic; GPRS; GSM; General Packet Radio Service; Internet access; TCP/IP based applications; bursty traffic; end-user perception; network operator perspective; packet data networks; packet switched data transmission; Communication switching; Data communication; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; IP networks; Packet radio networks; Packet switching; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Web and internet services;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5106-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733013

Filename

733013