A Seamless Multi-link Switch Solution for LTE and Wi-Fi Integrated Networks

Author

Chai-Hien Gan ; Yung-Chun Lin ; Shun-Neng Yang ; Yi-Bing Lin

Author_Institution

Inf. & Commun. Res. Labs., ITRI, Hsinchu, Taiwan

fYear

2013

fDate

3-5 July 2013

Firstpage

19

Lastpage

23

Abstract

Today, smart mobile devices drive the mobile traffic growth rapidly. The Integration of multiple radio access technologies is a viable solution for mobile operators to fulfill users´ data usage. In this paper, we consider the inter work issue for the LTE and Wi-Fi integration network. Based on the GPRS Tunneling Protocol (GTP), a multi-link switch approach is proposed to solve the seamless handover and cooperating issues between LTE and Wi-Fi networks. The performance results show that the average switch delay is slight, which is efficient to support most of real-time application services, such as VOIP service and interactive games.

Keywords

Internet telephony; Long Term Evolution; cellular radio; mobility management (mobile radio); packet radio networks; protocols; wireless LAN; GPRS tunneling protocol; LTE; Long Term Evolution; VOIP; Wi-Fi integrated networks; interactive games; mobile operators; mobile traffic growth; multiple radio access technologies; seamless handover; seamless multi-link switch solution; smart mobile devices; Ground penetrating radar; IEEE 802.11 Standards; IP networks; Mobile communication; Protocols; Switches; Tunneling; GTP tunnel; multi-link integrated networks; network switch;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Innovative Mobile and Internet Services in Ubiquitous Computing (IMIS), 2013 Seventh International Conference on

Conference_Location

Taichung

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMIS.2013.13

Filename

6603644