DocumentCode :
111361
Title :
A Simulation Platform for ZigBee-UMTS Hybrid Networks
Author :
Lei Zhou ; Ying Zhu ; Ai Chen ; Cong Liu
Author_Institution :
Shenzhen Inst. of Adv. Technol., Shenzhen, China
Volume :
17
Issue :
2
fYear :
2013
fDate :
Feb-13
Firstpage :
293
Lastpage :
296
Abstract :
A ZigBee Network is a low-cost and low-power wireless network based on the IEEE 802.15.4 standard, which allows wireless connectivity with limited power and relaxed throughput requirements. On the other hand, the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) is a third-generation cellular network that provides high-speed wireless traffic transfer to the Internet. This paper presents the design and implementation of a novel integrated ZigBee and UMTS hybrid network in the Network Simulator (ns-2). In this hybrid network, we design a new Mobile Gateway to interconnect these two different sub-networks. With the hierarchical addressing and some special UMTS network discovering mechanisms, routing in the hybrid network, from the ZigBee network via the UMTS network to the wired network, is achieved. We also design a simulation platform to make it easier for protocol designers to design and evaluate new protocols in such a hybrid network.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; Internet; Zigbee; cellular radio; internetworking; network servers; telecommunication traffic; IEEE 802.15.4 standard; Internet; Universal Mobile Telecommunications System; ZigBee-UMTS hybrid networks; high-speed wireless traffic transfer; low-power wireless network; mobile gateway; network simulator; ns-2; protocol designers; relaxed throughput requirements; third-generation cellular network; wired network; wireless connectivity; 3G mobile communication; Logic gates; Mobile computing; Protocols; Routing; Zigbee; UMTS; ZigBee; ns-2; simulation platform;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1089-7798
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2012.121912.121974
Filename :
6400342
Link To Document :
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