Modeling for dimensioning and configuring general packet radio service networks

Author

Venkatesh, Prasanna ; Sirisena, Harsha

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Canterbury Univ., Christchurch, New Zealand

Volume

3

fYear

2004

fDate

21-25 March 2004

Firstpage

1510

Abstract

This paper presents an analytical model that enables network dimensioning and configuration investigations for a general packet radio service (GPRS) network. The model accounts for transmission control protocol (TCP) using a detailed mathematical representation and introduces a ´TCP factor´ metric and procedure to model TCP behavior. The analytical model results, for a web browsing application, are validated by means of discrete event simulation. The ability of the analytical model to perform accurate network dimensioning and admission control is also demonstrated.

Keywords

Markov processes; Web sites; cellular radio; discrete event simulation; packet radio networks; telecommunication congestion control; transport protocols; Markov model; TCP model; discrete event simulation; general packet radio service network; interrupted poisson process; network admission control; network configuration; network dimensioning; transmission control protocol; web browsing application; Admission control; Analytical models; Discrete event simulation; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Mathematical model; Packet radio networks; Protocols; Telecommunication traffic; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2004. WCNC. 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8344-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2004.1311667

Filename

1311667