Title :
Dynamic 3G network selection for increasing the competition in the mobile communications market
Author :
Le Bodic, Gwenael ; Girma, Demessie ; Irvine, James ; Dunlop, John
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Electr. Eng., Strathclyde Univ., Glasgow, UK
Abstract :
This paper proposes a market-based framework in which service providers, network operators and users are able to trade communications services. For this purpose, a middleware has been specified in which software agents can supply or purchase QoS contracts. Benefits from the proposal are increased competition in the provision of mobile services, an integrated framework for the management of services and networks in a multi-provider environment and the possibility to develop smarter applications that make an efficient use of the scarce radio spectrum
Keywords :
commerce; distributed object management; land mobile radio; quality of service; software agents; telecommunication computing; telecommunication network management; QoS contracts; communications services trading; competition; dynamic 3G network selection; middleware; mobile communications market; multi-provider environment; multimedia services; network management; network operators; radio spectrum usage; service management; service providers; simulation results; software agents; 3G mobile communication; Business; Consumer electronics; Contracts; Environmental management; Intelligent networks; Middleware; Mobile communication; Proposals; Regulators;
Conference_Titel :
Vehicular Technology Conference, 2000. IEEE-VTS Fall VTC 2000. 52nd
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-6507-0
DOI :
10.1109/VETECF.2000.886271
