PCS mobility support over fixed ATM networks

Author

Cheng, Matthew ; Rajagopalan, Subhashini ; Chang, Li Fung ; Pollini, Gregory P. ; Barton, Mark

Author_Institution

Bellcore, NJ, USA

Volume

35

Issue

11

fYear

1997

fDate

11/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

92

Abstract

As broadband multimedia services and wireless services become popular, there is growing interest in the industry to support ATM over a wireless link, and wireless access to fixed ATM networks. We focus on the internetworking of PCS and ATM networks, in which the air interface remains one of the PCS standards and the backbone is an ATM network with mobility support. It is desirable to minimize the impact of the internetworking and mobility support on the existing/emerging PCS and ATM specifications. A network architecture, a protocol reference model, and signaling protocols for PCS mobility support over fixed ATM networks are described. They are compared against other implementation alternatives and the trade-offs are discussed. Some performance results of the proposed architecture are also presented

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; broadband networks; internetworking; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; personal communication networks; protocols; radio links; telecommunication network management; telecommunication signalling; ATM specifications; PCS mobility support; PCS specifications; PCS standards; air interface; broadband multimedia services; fixed ATM networks; internetworking; mobility management; network architecture; performance results; protocol reference model; signaling protocols; wireless link; wireless services; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Cellular networks; Communication switching; Computer architecture; Costs; GSM; Internetworking; Personal communication networks; Switches;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.634765

Filename

634765