Title :
Design and performance evaluation of a mobility management protocol for wireless ATM networks
Author :
Kaloxylos, Alexandros ; Alexiou, Giannis ; Hadjiefthymiades, Stathes ; Merakos, Lazaros
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf., Athens Univ., Greece
Abstract :
The introduction of ATM in wireless CPN environments (WATM) necessitates the design of mobility signaling protocols, since the existing versions of B-ISDN signaling do not support terminal mobility. These protocols can be deployed as overlay solutions that have little or no impact on existing infrastructures (switches, signaling software, etc.). We present a WATM architecture and discuss the design of a mobility management and control protocol (MMC). After presenting what procedures the protocol specifies for the forward handover scenario we provide simulation results related to the performance of the system
Keywords :
asynchronous transfer mode; land mobile radio; packet radio networks; protocols; radio access networks; telecommunication network management; B-ISDN signaling; WAND project; WATM architecture; Wireless ATM Network Demonstrator; forward handover; mobility control protocol; mobility management protocol; mobility signaling protocols; overlay solutions; performance evaluation; protocol design; simulation results; system performance; terminal mobility; wireless ATM networks; wireless CPN environments; Asynchronous transfer mode; B-ISDN; Base stations; Communication networks; Computer architecture; Informatics; Mobile radio mobility management; Signal design; Switches; 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.1998.734363
