The Importance of Adaptive Applications in Mobile Wireless Networks

Author

Neophytou, Michael ; Stavrou, Kyriakos ; Vassiliou, Vasos ; Pitsillides, Andreas

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Cyprus Univ., Nicosia

fYear

2006

fDate

Sept. 29 2006-Oct. 1 2006

Firstpage

96

Lastpage

101

Abstract

In this paper, we illustrate the importance of applications\´ adaptability and QoS awareness in mobile wireless networks. We utilize a "mobile QoS adaptation" strategy aiming to deal with the inconsistencies arising from mobility events in a wireless mobile environment. The performance of the specific adaptation strategy is evaluated through simulations under different traffic environments in a wireless network based on 3GPP\´s UMTS structure. As a result, we show that the performance of a network can be improved when adaptive applications are used by both mobile and fixed hosts

Keywords

3G mobile communication; mobile radio; quality of service; telecommunication traffic; 3GPP; QoS awareness; UMTS structure; mobile QoS adaptation; mobile wireless networks; specific adaptation strategy; wireless mobile environment; 3G mobile communication; Application software; Communication networks; Computer science; Mobile computing; Resource management; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control; Transportation; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Software in Telecommunications and Computer Networks, 2006. SoftCOM 2006. International Conference on

Conference_Location

Split

Print_ISBN

953-6114-87-9

Electronic_ISBN

953-6114-87-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/SOFTCOM.2006.329727

Filename

4129881