Paging functionality in an experimental UMTS network

Author

Martignoni, Stéphane ; Sanchez, David ; Struzak, Marcin

Author_Institution

Ascom Autelca AG, Bern, Switzerland

Volume

2

fYear

1998

fDate

5-9 Oct 1998

Firstpage

875

Abstract

The European research project EXODUS (Experiments on the deployment of UMTS) investigates an access-independent network architecture for supporting 3^rd generation mobile services. This paper describes the general architecture of the EXODUS platform and focuses on the specific paging functionality used in this type of intelligent network (IN). A detailed description with information flow of the paging process helps to emphasise the issues encountered when paging is used. The technique applied is based on a “look ahead” principle, whereby information about the terminal is gathered before a connection is allowed to be setup. This look ahead technique is also compared with the paging procedure used in GSM

Keywords

asynchronous transfer mode; cellular radio; digital radio; intelligent networks; paging communication; EXODUS; European research project; Experiments on the deployment of UMTS; access-independent network architecture; experimental UMTS network; general architecture; generation mobile services; information flow; intelligent network; look ahead principle; paging functionality; 3G mobile communication; Asynchronous transfer mode; GSM; Information retrieval; Intelligent networks; Mobile communication; Multimedia databases; Multimedia systems; Telecommunication standards; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5106-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733636

Filename

733636