Traffic engineering experience from operating cellular networks

Author

Brass, Volker ; Fuhrmann, Woldemar F.

Author_Institution

Deutsche Telekom AG, Germany

Volume

35

Issue

8

fYear

1997

fDate

8/1/1997 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

66

Lastpage

71

Abstract

Modeling of user traffic and the mobility impact of mobile users onto cellular networks is considered. The quality of service and traffic-handling capacity offered by the network play the most important roles. This article discusses the requirements on a traffic model and on performance design objectives which can be used as a basis for designing and engineering cellular networks. Requirements from actual network operation are discussed and are illustrated by measurement results

Keywords

cellular radio; electrical engineering; radio networks; telecommunication services; telecommunication traffic; cellular networks; measurement results; network operation; network performance; performance design objectives; quality of service; traffic engineering; traffic handling capacity; user traffic modeling; Base stations; Cellular networks; Centralized control; Communication system control; Design engineering; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Network interfaces; Signal design; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.606033

Filename

606033