Prioritized soft constraint satisfaction: a qualitative method for dynamic transport selection in heterogeneous wireless environments

Author

Duffin, Heidi R. ; Knutson, Charles D. ; Goodrich, Michael A.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Brigham Young Univ., Provo, UT, USA

Volume

4

fYear

2004

fDate

21-25 March 2004

Firstpage

2527

Abstract

This paper presents prioritized soft constraint satisfaction (PSCS), a novel approach to selecting the \´\´best" transport in dynamic wireless transport switching systems. PSCS maintains a satisfying connection to another end point by choosing transports based on a user-established range of preferences and priority for criteria such as speed, power, range and cost. Additionally, feedback is provided regarding tradeoffs among the criteria, thus enabling the user to adjust inputs according to the capabilities of the system. We also recommend guidelines for setting preferences and priorities.

Keywords

Internet; mobile radio; telecommunication switching; transport protocols; wireless LAN; dynamic transport selection; dynamic wireless transport switching system; heterogeneous wireless environment; prioritized soft constraint satisfaction; qualitative method; Bluetooth; Computer science; Costs; Decision making; Feedback; Internet; Switches; TCPIP; Transport protocols; Wireless LAN;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, 2004. WCNC. 2004 IEEE

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-8344-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2004.1311486

Filename

1311486