Study on application of softswitch in wireless networks

Author

Wei, Qiang ; Su, Sen ; Chen, Junliang

Author_Institution

State Key Lab. of Switching Technol. & Telecommun. Networks, Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., China

Volume

1

fYear

2003

Firstpage

127

Abstract

Today´s wireless communication network is in the revolution from the 2nd generation (2G) such as GSM to the 3rd generation networks such as UMTS. The NGN is considered as the ultimate goal of this revolution. This paper introduces a study on how softswitch, the core element of NGN, is applied in the evolving wireless communication network. After a brief overview of NGN and softswitch, this paper provides the new softswitch-involved reference architectures for various wireless networks. It then describes how softswitch can collaborate with other network elements to accomplish call handling for mobile users in wireless networks.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; radio networks; telecommunication switching; 2nd generation networks; 3rd generation networks; GSM; Global System for Mobile communications; UMTS R4 network; UMTS R5 network; UMTS R99 network; Universal Mobile Telecommunication System; call handling; next generation networks; softswitch; softswitch-involved reference architectures; wireless communication network; wireless networks; 3G mobile communication; Collaboration; Communication switching; GSM; Intelligent networks; Next generation networking; Packet switching; Telephony; Wireless communication; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communication Technology Proceedings, 2003. ICCT 2003. International Conference on

Print_ISBN

7-5635-0686-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICCT.2003.1209052

Filename

1209052