Title :
Packet delay analysis in GPRS systems
Author :
Marsan, Marco Ajmone ; Laface, Pietro ; Meo, Michela
Author_Institution :
Dipt. di Elettronica, Politecnico di Torino, Italy
Abstract :
In this paper we describe an analytical model to compute the packet delay distribution in a cell of a wireless network operating according to the GSM/GPRS standard. GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) is the most widely deployed wireless telephony standard, and GPRS (Generalized Packet Radio Service) is the technology that is now available to integrate packet data services into GSM networks. By comparing the performance estimates produced by the analytical model against those generated by detailed simulation experiments, we show that the proposed modeling technique is quite accurate. In addition, we show that the results produced by the analytical model are extremely useful in the design and planning of a wireless voice and data network.
Keywords :
Markov processes; cellular radio; delays; packet radio networks; GPRS systems; GSM standard; Generalized Packet Radio Service; Global System for Mobile communications; Markovian models; analytical model; data network design; deployed wireless telephony standard; matrix analytic techniques; packet data services; packet delay distribution; performance analysis; simulation; wireless network cell; wireless voice planning; Analytical models; Communication standards; Computer networks; Delay; Distributed computing; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Packet radio networks; Telephony; Wireless networks;
Conference_Titel :
INFOCOM 2003. Twenty-Second Annual Joint Conference of the IEEE Computer and Communications. IEEE Societies
Conference_Location :
San Francisco, CA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-7752-4
DOI :
10.1109/INFCOM.2003.1208934
