PROTON: a policy-based solution for future 4G devices

Author

Vidales, Pablo ; Chakravorty, Rajiv ; Policroniades, Calicrates

Author_Institution

Lab. for Commun. Eng., Cambridge Univ., UK

fYear

2004

fDate

7-9 June 2004

Firstpage

219

Lastpage

222

Abstract

We present PROTON, a policy-based solution for 4G mobile devices - it allows users to seamlessly connect to highly integrated heterogeneous wireless networks. The key motivation behind PROTON stems from the statement that handover process complexity will increase in 4G systems, creating the need for augmented knowledge about context, as well as more flexibility. This paper demonstrates (1) how a flexible policy-based approach is suitable for 4G scenarios, and (2) how to incorporate richer context into policies and still maintain a light weight solution appropriate for mobile devices.

Keywords

4G mobile communication; computational complexity; mobile handsets; multi-access systems; 4G mobile devices; 4G systems; PROTON; flexible policy-based approach; handover process complexity; heterogeneous wireless networks; integrated wireless networks; policy-based solution; Context modeling; Costs; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Laboratories; Mobile communication; Protons; Radio access networks; Satellite broadcasting; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Policies for Distributed Systems and Networks, 2004. POLICY 2004. Proceedings. Fifth IEEE International Workshop on

Print_ISBN

0-7695-2141-X

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/POLICY.2004.1309173

Filename

1309173