Distributed switching and control with fast resource assignment/handoff for personal communications systems

Author

Amitay, Noach

Author_Institution

AT&T Bell Lab., Holmdel, NJ, USA

Volume

11

Issue

6

fYear

1993

fDate

8/1/1993 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

842

Lastpage

849

Abstract

An architecture for a combined personal, mobile, and (possibly) loop access microcellular communications system in which calls are digitized and packetized is presented. A network of microcells is utilized to communicate with the various subscribers via radio. A fast handoff/resource assignment process is introduced. It is subscriber-controlled and is jointly performed by the subscribers and base station employing the resource auction multiple access (RAMA) algorithm. In this deterministic algorithm, resource utilization is independent of traffic load. Using selected GSM parameters with RAMA, for the purpose of illustration, it is shown that, in microcells with delays of 1 μs, 1080 resource assignments per second are feasible: and with delays as high as 45 μs, 216 assignments per second are feasible

Keywords

cellular radio; distributed control; personal communication networks; telecommunications control; GSM parameters; RAMA; base station; deterministic algorithm; distributed control; distributed switching; handoff; loop access; microcellular communications system; personal communications systems; resource assignment; resource auction multiple access; traffic load; Base stations; Centralized control; Communication switching; Communication system control; Distributed control; GSM; Microcell networks; Packet switching; Switches; Telephony;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0733-8716

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/49.232293

Filename

232293