Title :
Addressing of software downloads to reconfigurable terminals in third-generation mobile networks
Author :
Rümmler, Robert ; Chung, Yun Won ; Aghvami, Hamid
Author_Institution :
Centre for Telecommun. Res., King´´s Coll., London, UK
Abstract :
Over-the-air software download is a key enabler for many aspects related to the reconfiguration of terminals based on software-defined radio (SDK). In this contribution, mechanisms for advertising the availability of a software upgrade to a group of SDR terminals are evaluated. In order to exploit efficiencies in terms of transmission and processing, addressing strategies that allow the subsequent download to be performed in a multicast fashion are considered. A novel scheme for advertising a software download to only those terminals that are targeted by the download is introduced. Based on a cost analysis, it is shown that the proposed scheme performs favourably compared with other viable schemes for performing software upgrade announcements.
Keywords :
3G mobile communication; multicast communication; software engineering; software radio; telecommunication computing; telecommunication terminals; addressing strategy; cost analysis; multicast scheme; over-the-air software download; reconfigurable terminal; software availability; software-defined radio; third-generation mobile network; 3G mobile communication; Advertising; Costs; Ground penetrating radar; IEEE news; Intelligent networks; Performance analysis; Software debugging; Software maintenance; Software performance;
Conference_Titel :
Communications, 2005. ICC 2005. 2005 IEEE International Conference on
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-8938-7
DOI :
10.1109/ICC.2005.1494733
