Performance evaluation of the software download procedure in an IEEE 802.11 WLAN

Author

Colonna, Massimo ; Zarba, Giovanna ; Buracchini, Enrico ; Goria, Paolo ; Trogolo, Alessandro ; Barberis, Sergio

Author_Institution

Telecom Italia, Turin

fYear

2008

fDate

22-25 June 2008

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

In the last years many different technologies and air interfaces have been standardized. B3G systems will allow the integration and coexistence of these diverse technologies in a common environment. It is a priority objective of this scenario of have a flexible terminal that can dynamically select the most appropriate RAT and reconfigure itself from the physical to the application layer. This reconfiguration can be carried out by downloading the various software modules that form the new RAT through the air interface on which it is currently operating. The aim of this paper is to evaluate the performance of the software download procedure when the terminal is operating in an IEEE 802.11 WLAN.

Keywords

mobile computing; performance evaluation; radio access networks; wireless LAN; B3G systems; IEEE 802.11; performance evaluation; radio access technology; software download; wireless LAN; 3G mobile communication; Analytical models; Application software; Discrete event simulation; GSM; Ground penetrating radar; Rats; Software performance; Telecommunications; Wireless LAN; IEEE 802.11; OTA Download; Reconfigurability;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Conference, 2008. EW 2008. 14th European

Conference_Location

Prague

Print_ISBN

978-3-8007-3102-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/EW.2008.4623928

Filename

4623928