Management of networks and services in a composite radio context

Author

Demestichas, Panagiotis ; Koutsouris, Nikolaos ; Koundourakis, George ; Tsagkaris, Konstantinos ; Oikonomou, Antonis ; Stavroulaki, Vera ; Papadopoulou, Louisa ; Theologou, Michael E. ; Vivier, Guillaume ; Khazen, Karim El

Author_Institution

Nat. Tech. Univ. of Athens, Greece

Volume

10

Issue

4

fYear

2003

Firstpage

44

Lastpage

51

Abstract

This article adopts the assumption that different wireless access technologies (e.g., UMTS, HIPERLAN2, and DVB-T) can be cooperating components of a composite radio infrastructure. The coordinated management of services and network in this heterogeneous context is a complex task. This article presents a service and network resource management platform for wireless systems that operate in a composite radio context. Aspects addressed are the requirements, high-level platform design, functionality of the components that conduct monitoring, resource brokerage, service management, and network resource optimization. Indicative results are presented and concluding remarks provided.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; 4G mobile communication; digital video broadcasting; monitoring; quality of service; radio access networks; telecommunication network management; wireless LAN; 4G mobile communication; DVB-T; HIPERLAN2; UMTS; composite radio infrastructure; coordinated management; high-level platform design; monitoring components; network management; network resource optimization; resource brokerage; service management; services; wireless access technologies; 3G mobile communication; Chromium; Context; Context-aware services; Digital video broadcasting; Intelligent networks; Quality of service; Radio spectrum management; Resource management; Wireless communication;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Wireless Communications, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1536-1284

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/MWC.2003.1224978

Filename

1224978