Title :
A MIH Based Architecture for WiMAX and TD-SCDMA Interworking
Author :
Jinsha, Yuan ; Cui, Bo
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Commun. Eng., North China Electr. Power Univ., Baoding
Abstract :
One motivation of wireless technology is the ubiquitous wireless access abilities, which provide the automatic handovers for any moving devices at any place and any time in the heterogeneous networks combining different access technologies. TD-SCDMA is a very advanced 3G standard with global coverage, but bandwidth is its weakness. WiMAX offers higher bandwidth with low operational costs but its maximum mobility is at about 120 km/h. A WiMAX & TD-SCDMA interworking approach can make best use of advantages of both technologies and can eliminate their stand-alone defects. In this paper, we present a possible interworking architecture for WiMAX and TD-SCDMA based on the WiMAX Forum and 3GPP standards. Handover is an essential part of interworking .The proposed handover scheme is based on IEEE 802.21 media independent handover functions (MIHFs) and the key component to support mobility management is Mobile IP.
Keywords :
WiMax; code division multiple access; internetworking; mobility management (mobile radio); IEEE 802.21; Mobile IP; TD-SCDMA interworking; WiMAX; access technology; automatic handovers; code division multiple access; heterogeneous networks; media independent handover functions; mobility management; ubiquitous wireless access ability; wireless technology; Bandwidth; Costs; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Packet switching; Radio access networks; Switches; Switching circuits; Time division synchronous code division multiple access; WiMAX; Wireless communication; MIH; TD-SCDMA; WiMAX; handover; interworking;
Conference_Titel :
Networks Security, Wireless Communications and Trusted Computing, 2009. NSWCTC '09. International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Wuhan, Hubei
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-4223-2
DOI :
10.1109/NSWCTC.2009.379
