Directory services for mobility management in private telecommunication networks

Author

Maass, H. ; Schreyer, Oliver ; Stahl, Martin

Author_Institution

Philips Res. Lab. Aachen, Germany

Volume

2

fYear

1993

fDate

23-26 May 1993

Firstpage

1252

Abstract

The use of standardized directory services (X.500) in comparison with the Groupe Speciale Mobile (GSM) concepts for storing mobility management data in private telecommunication networks (PTNs) is discussed. The functional requirements on the database that are called for by mobility management are defined. Solutions to these requirements based on GSM principles and on X.500 principles are presented. The conclusion is that X.500 seems to be a powerful and flexible platform for mobility management in PTNs. The main advantage is that user dialing numbers are independent of the storage node in which the user data is held, allowing free numbering. There are, however, open issues concerning the consistency and performance characteristics of X.500

Keywords

database management systems; personal communication networks; telecommunication network management; telecommunication standards; GSM; Groupe Speciale Mobile; X.500; consistency; database; free numbering; mobility management; performance; private telecommunication networks; standardized directory services; storage node; Access protocols; Boundary conditions; Databases; GSM; Intelligent networks; Laboratories; Mobile radio mobility management; Switches; Telecommunication network management; Wireless application protocol;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Communications, 1993. ICC '93 Geneva. Technical Program, Conference Record, IEEE International Conference on

Conference_Location

Geneva

Print_ISBN

0-7803-0950-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICC.1993.397475

Filename

397475