Problem areas related to the development and validation of management strategies for UMTS

Author

Demestichas, P. ; Taskaris, A. ; Gizelis, C. ; Igoumenidis, A. ; Tzifa, E. ; Theologou, M. ; Mitrou, N.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Firstpage

115

Lastpage

122

Abstract

It is well known that the success of future cellular systems, especially, UMTS, will be coupled with the cost-efficient provision of QoS levels that are comparable with those of fixed systems. In this respect, planning tools, and sophisticated network and service management platforms, will play an important role in the commercial success of UMTS. This paper presents an approach, i.e., framework and set of problems, for managing UMTS networks. The areas addressed are the cost-effective accommodation of service provider requests, the management of the CDMA-based radio interface, and the development of an interactive (with the management mechanisms) simulation platform, for validation purposes

Keywords

cellular radio; code division multiple access; quality of service; simulation; telecommunication network management; telecommunication network planning; CDMA radio interface; QoS levels; UMTS; cellular systems; interactive simulation platform; network management; planning tools; service management platforms; service provider requests; validation; 3G mobile communication; Business; Cellular networks; Computer network management; Context-aware services; Electronic mail; Engineering management; Quality of service; Radio spectrum management; Resource management;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications and Vehicular Technology, 2000. SCVT-200. Symposium on

Conference_Location

Leuven

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6684-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SCVT.2000.923349

Filename

923349