Wireless ATM: handover issues

Author

Jiang, Fan ; Käkölä, Timo

Author_Institution

Nokia Telecommun. Oy, Aanekoski, Finland

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

8-11 Sep 1998

Firstpage

272

Abstract

Basic aspects of cellular systems and the ATM transmission technology are introduced. Wireless ATM is presented as a combination of radio ATM and mobile ATM. Radio ATM is a wireless extension of an ATM connection while mobile ATM contains the necessary extensions to ATM to support mobility. Because the current ATM technology does not support mobility, handover becomes one of the most important research issues for wireless ATM. Wireless ATM handover requirements are thus analysed. A handover solution relying on two inter-related handover protocols is presented and evaluated. Future research is needed to compare this solution with options presented by earlier research and possibly combine their best features to yield even better solutions

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; cellular radio; digital radio; multimedia communication; packet radio networks; protocols; ATM transmission technology; cellular systems; digital cellular systems; handover issues; handover protocol; mobile ATM; multimedia services; radio ATM; wireless ATM; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Bit rate; GSM; Mobile communication; Multimedia systems; Protocols; Quality of service; Streaming media; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1998. The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4872-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1998.733558

Filename

733558