Interconnection strategies for wireless access networks

Author

Yanikomeroglu, Halim ; Sousa, Elvino S.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. & Comput. Eng., Toronto Univ., Ont., Canada

Volume

3

fYear

1997

fDate

1-4 Sep 1997

Firstpage

882

Abstract

The Steiner minimal tree (SMT) architecture is proposed for the wired-network infrastructure of wireless access networks. It is demonstrated that the wireless access networks having star or bus logical topologies can be realized within the proposed optimal SMT conduit structure. The SMT architecture results in a significant reduction in conduit length compared to the conventional star type, besides it provides more flexibility and robustness. For the systems which have logical bus topologies with centralized complexity, such as the distributed antenna (DA) systems, the SMT architecture is optimal in both cable and conduit lengths

Keywords

cellular radio; electric conduits; internetworking; network topology; radio networks; subscriber loops; telecommunication cables; trees (mathematics); Steiner minimal tree architecture; bus logical topology; cable lengths; conduit length reduction; distributed antenna systems; interconnection strategies; microcellular systems; optimal SMT conduit structure; star topology; wired-network infrastructure; wireless access networks; Base stations; Buildings; Costs; Network topology; Robustness; Steiner trees; Surface-mount technology; Switches; Telecommunication network topology; Wireless networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1997. Waves of the Year 2000. PIMRC '97., The 8th IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Helsinki

Print_ISBN

0-7803-3871-5

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1997.627013

Filename

627013