An examination of signaling traffic in a super-charged mobile network

Author

Chana, A. ; Takawira, F.

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. & Electron. Eng., Natal Univ., Durban, South Africa

Volume

2

fYear

2003

fDate

20-20 March 2003

Firstpage

1078

Abstract

Mobility management is the highest contributor of signaling traffic in mobile networks. Messages generated by the insert subscriber data procedure during a location update are not only large but more will be required in future third generation (3G) networks to allow for the transfer of large subscriber profiles. This paper compares the mobility management protocol used in GSM and 3G networks with that proposed for super-charged networks by examining the network´s performance under normal conditions and during signaling transfer point congestion.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; cellular radio; protocols; telecommunication congestion control; telecommunication network management; telecommunication signalling; telecommunication traffic; 3G network; GSM; Global System for Mobile Communication; insert subscriber data procedure; mobility management; network performance; network protocol; signaling traffic; signaling transfer point congestion; subscriber profiles; supercharged mobile network; third generation network; Africa; Engineering management; Frequency; GSM; Intelligent networks; Mobile radio mobility management; Protocols; Signal processing; Telecommunication traffic; Transaction databases;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Wireless Communications and Networking, 2003. WCNC 2003. 2003 IEEE

Conference_Location

New Orleans, LA, USA

ISSN

1525-3511

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7700-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCNC.2003.1200521

Filename

1200521