Mobility management and control protocol for wireless ATM networks

Author

Kalaxylos, A. ; Hadjiefthymiades, Stathes ; Merakos, Lazaros

Author_Institution

Athens Univ., Greece

Volume

12

Issue

4

fYear

1998

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

27

Abstract

The introduction of wireless ATM (WATM) in customer premises network environments necessitates the design of mobility protocols, since the existing versions of B-ISDN signaling do not support terminal mobility. Such protocols can be deployed either as extensions to the standard signaling capabilities, or as individual solutions that have little or no impact on existing infrastructures (switches, signaling software, etc.). A WATM architecture that adopts the latter approach is presented. After a discussion of the problems encountered in the integration of wireless networking and B-ISDN ATM technologies, a mobility management and control (MMC) protocol is proposed. Finally, in the framework of the proposed MMC protocol, algorithms for implementing mobility procedures (handover and registration) are described

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; cellular radio; internetworking; land mobile radio; protocols; subscriber loops; telecommunication network management; telecommunication signalling; B-ISDN signaling; MMC protocol; WATM architecture; cellular radio; customer premises network; handover; mobility management and control protocol; registration; signaling software; switches; terminal mobility; wireless ATM networks; wireless networking; Algorithm design and analysis; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Computer architecture; Environmental management; Mobile radio mobility management; Signal design; Switches; Technology management; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Network, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0890-8044

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/65.713353

Filename

713353