Unified handoff control protocol for dynamic path rerouting in mobile ATM networks

Author

Li, J. ; Raychaudhuri, D. ; Yates, R.

Author_Institution

C&C Res. Labs., NEC USA, Princeton, NJ, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

8-11 Sep 1998

Firstpage

323

Abstract

This paper studies handoff control mechanisms based on a `mobile ATM´ concept. Mobile ATM refers to an ATM infrastructure which supports ubiquitous mobile services through extending ATM signaling functions within the ATM backbone. In order to meet the performance criteria required by a diverse set of mobile services, we propose a unified handoff control protocol which is independent of wireless access technologies (ATM/nonATM) and path rerouting algorithms. Such a protocol can provide (1) a common software architecture for system implementation, (2) a common measurement base for performance evaluation and (3) a common signaling syntax for standardization. A prototype system is implemented based on this protocol, which provides an IP-over-ATM service with WaveLAN access

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; land mobile radio; packet radio networks; software architecture; standardisation; telecommunication control; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication signalling; transport protocols; wireless LAN; ATM infrastructure; IP-over-ATM service; WaveLAN access; backbone; common measurement base; dynamic path rerouting; handoff control mechanisms; mobile ATM networks; mobile services; performance criteria; performance evaluation; prototype system; signaling functions; signaling syntax; software architecture; standardization; unified handoff control protocol; wireless access technologies; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Delay; Intelligent networks; Prototypes; Software architecture; Software prototyping; Spine; Standardization; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1998. The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4872-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1998.733568

Filename

733568