Integrated Mobility and QoS Control in Cellular Wireless ATM Networks



Bhumip Khasnabish
GTE Labs. Inc., MS-48, Rm.4-292,
40 Sylvan Road, Waltham, MA 02254, U.S.A.
Email: bhumip_AT_gte.com,

Majid Ahmadi
Department of Electrical Engineering
University of Windsor
Ontario, Canada, N9B 3P4
Email: ahmadi_AT_engn.uwindsor.ca



Abstract
This paper presents a traversed path tracking based technique for integrated mobility and quality of service (QoS) management of connections in cellular wireless ATM networks. Simulation and analytical results for probabilities of connection Blocking, Dropping and Unsuccessful Connections are determined. A distributed operating system based architecture for implementation of integrated mobility and QoS control is then proposed. The objective is to treat mobility as a network impairment triggered activity which is to be handled via QoS management. Depending on the speed of the mobile unit and the category of service being used, the QoS of a connection may or may not vary continuously during a session. The results presented here consider coexistence of constant bitrate (CBR) and non-real-time variable bitrate (nrt-VBR) type ATM connections over a single session.

Keywords: Mobility Management, Wireless ATM, PCS, Personal Communication Networks, Handover Mechanism, Quality of Service (QoS) in Mobile Environment, Integrated Mobility and QoS Managemnet, Resource Management in Wireless Networks.

JNSM: Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998 Integrated Mobility and QoS Control in Cellular Wireless ATM Networks [Vol. 6, No. 1, 1998]



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