Title :
Unified handoff control protocol for dynamic path rerouting in mobile ATM networks
Author :
Li, J. ; Raychaudhuri, D. ; Yates, R.
Author_Institution :
C&C Res. Labs., NEC USA, Princeton, NJ, USA
Abstract :
This paper studies handoff control mechanisms based on a `mobile ATM´ concept. Mobile ATM refers to an ATM infrastructure which supports ubiquitous mobile services through extending ATM signaling functions within the ATM backbone. In order to meet the performance criteria required by a diverse set of mobile services, we propose a unified handoff control protocol which is independent of wireless access technologies (ATM/nonATM) and path rerouting algorithms. Such a protocol can provide (1) a common software architecture for system implementation, (2) a common measurement base for performance evaluation and (3) a common signaling syntax for standardization. A prototype system is implemented based on this protocol, which provides an IP-over-ATM service with WaveLAN access
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; land mobile radio; packet radio networks; software architecture; standardisation; telecommunication control; telecommunication network routing; telecommunication signalling; transport protocols; wireless LAN; ATM infrastructure; IP-over-ATM service; WaveLAN access; backbone; common measurement base; dynamic path rerouting; handoff control mechanisms; mobile ATM networks; mobile services; performance criteria; performance evaluation; prototype system; signaling functions; signaling syntax; software architecture; standardization; unified handoff control protocol; wireless access technologies; Access protocols; Asynchronous transfer mode; Delay; Intelligent networks; Prototypes; Software architecture; Software prototyping; Spine; Standardization; Wireless application protocol;
Conference_Titel :
Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1998. The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Boston, MA
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-4872-9
DOI :
10.1109/PIMRC.1998.733568
