A new bandwidth allocation mechanism for next generation wireless cellular networks

In this paper we design and study the performance of a Medium Access Control (MAC) scheme for the multiplexing and the integrated delivery of voice, mobile messaging, IP, gaming and H.264 videoconference traffic over a high-speed cellular TDMA channel with errors and capture. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of the first papers in the literature investigating the integration of actual H.264 video traces and gaming traffic with other types of traffic over wireless networks. Our results show that the proposed scheme achieves high throughput results while preserving the strict Quality of Service (QoS) requirements of each traffic type, and outperforms two efficient schemes previously proposed in the literature.     

Universal Intelligent Small Cell (UnISCell) for next generation cellular networks

Exploring innovative cellular architectures to achieve enhanced system capacity and good coverage has become a critical issue towards realizing the next generation of wireless communications. In this context, this paper proposes a novel concept of Universal Intelligent Small Cell (UnISCell) for enabling the densification of the next generation of cellular networks. The proposed novel concept envisions an integrated platform of providing a strong linkage between different stakeholders such as street lighting networks, landline telephone networks and future wireless networks, and is universal in nature being independent of the operating frequency bands and traffic types. The main motivating factors for the proposed small cell concept are the need of public infrastructure re-engineering, and the recent advances in several enabling technologies. First, we highlight the main concepts of the proposed UnISCell platform. Subsequently, we present two deployment scenarios for the proposed UnISCell concept considering infrastructure sharing and service sharing as important aspects. We then describe the key future technologies for enabling the proposed UnISCell concept and present a use case example with the help of numerical results. Finally, we conclude this article by providing some interesting future recommendations.     

Adaptive QoS scheduling in wireless cellular networks

Quality of service (QoS) has been always controversial in resource shared networks. Scheduling as a packet prioritizing mechanism at Data Link Layer (DLL) contributes to QoS guarantee provisioning significantly. In this paper, a novel packet scheduler is developed in wireless cellular networks. The proposed scheme provides QoS-guaranteed service for the applications running on the sensor nodes in all the three aspects of QoS, i.e. data rate, packet loss and packet delay with regard to jitter simultaneously. We establish a three-dimensional space with certain basis vectors for QoS and introduce the efficient point of performance in terms of QoS provisioning in that space. Then we develop a generalized metric, the QoS-deviation, which is the Euclidean distance between the QoS work point of flows and the QoS efficient point in the proposed space. Based on this metric, a novel scheduling approach, namely AQDC, is designed which makes it possible to tune the trade-off between QoS provisioning and throughput optimization in an adaptive manner depending on the current Cell QoS-deviation level (CDL). Furthermore, we also develop another scheduler, namely ARTC, which is the residual-time version of the AQDC scheduler. Finally, a QoS-deviation-based CAC policy will be introduced which can be applied to all schedulers without any consideration about their structure and can be employed in cellular packet switched networks.     

QoS support on fourth generation networks

The arrival of fourth generation mobile networks, based on IP core networks, lead us to the development of certain services, such as: Quality of service, mobility and AAA. This paper proposes architecture to supply quality of service support based in the differentiated services technique, known as Diffserv. In the same way we analyze the main components of this architecture: QoS Broker (central policy broker of quality of service, whose goal is the appropriate configuration of the routers in the network), Access Router (in charge of the management of the queuing system in order to provide QoS) and the AAA server (management of QoS user profiles).     

Delivering QoS in the next generation network — a standards perspective

The next generation network (NGN) is envisaged as being an IP-based network which supports a wide variety of applications in an increasingly converged fixed-mobile environment. This paper looks at the key standards which are available as enablers to the building and operating of an NGN that delivers appropriate levels of quality of service for end-user applications.The paper starts by looking at a general framework for quality of service (QoS) standards, including the necessary terminology to distinguish between the performance of the network and the requirements of applications. It goes on to look at the key standards that address the application requirements, the performance of the IP layer and the behaviour of its bearer. In addition the paper discusses several concepts designed to allow the control of QoS levels in IP-based networks. Although it also discusses published standards, there is much ongoing standardisation activity in the technical areas of QoS and network performance that is outside the scope of this paper.     

Individual QoS rating for voice services in cellular networks

Observation and management of quality of service in cellular networks is a very important function. This article shows that it should be performed not only at the network level, as is done today, but also individually in each and every user terminal. Existing centralized network QoS systems only collect data, which allows evaluation of average QoS at the network or cell levels. However, they do not provide any objective data for estimating the QoS actually served to individual mobile users. This article offers a concept of individual QoS rating, which would allow dynamic assessment, recording, and subsequent analysis of the actual QoS received by a particular mobile user (individual QoS). Individual QoS ratings so obtained could then be reported to the user directly (as part of the intelligent user terminal concept) and otherwise become a part of service-level transactions (billing, etc.) between the user and the network operator. Realization of this novel value-added service can be achieved by integrating a special QoS module (software agent) into user terminals for monitoring and recording of individual QoS data.     

Network-centric user assignment in the next generation mobile networks

This letter addresses the user assignment problem for multimedia streaming applications in heterogeneous multicast-enabled wireless networks using a network-centric strategy. The optimal problem is mathematically formulated and proven to be non-deterministic polynomial-time (NP)-hard. An efficient heuristic algorithm is then proposed to find sub-optimal solutions in practical systems. Simulation results demonstrate the improved performance of this heuristic in comparison to a conventional user-centric algorithm     

下一代光网络选路策略研究

简述了下一代光网络选路的基本问题;综述了有关方面近年来的研究状况,包括支持优先级的选路及波长分配(RWA)算法、IP业务在光网络中的选路策略及业务量疏导问题.根据各种方法的性能和实际网络建设优化的需要,指出了下一代光网络选路策略领域还需进一步研究的问题.     

下一代无线IP移动通信网中的IP微移动性协议

与Internet无缝连接和IP基的移动性是下一代移动通信网的重要特点。为了减少移动IP中的时延和信令开销，减少包丢失，提出了支持快速、 可靠切换和IP寻呼（IP paging)的IP微移动性（micro-mobility)协议。本文研究了提交到IETF移动IP工作组（MIP WG)的几种关键IP微移动性协议，分析了协议的动机、特点，比较了性能、信令复杂度和实用性，给出了可能的优化途径。     

QoS provisioning in cellular networks based on mobility prediction techniques

In cellular networks, QoS degradation or forced termination may occur when there are insufficient resources to accommodate handoff requests. One solution is to predict the trajectory of mobile terminals so as to perform resource reservations in advance. With the vision that future mobile devices are likely to be equipped with reasonably accurate positioning capability, we investigate how this new feature may be used for mobility predictions. We propose a mobility prediction technique that incorporates road topology information, and describe its use for dynamic resource reservation. Simulation results are presented to demonstrate the improvement in reservation efficiency compared with several other schemes.     

Admission control for cellular networks with direct QoS monitoring

This paper proposes an admission control algorithm for cellular networks based on the direct and dynamic monitoring of quality of services (QoS) performance metrics—both system delay tail and residual throughput. The main purpose of directly monitoring these QoS performance metrics is to more precisely meet the QoS requirements. The delay tail is efficiently estimated by the proposed algorithm and the total residual throughput is determined based on the total achieved throughput and total required throughput. With the estimated delay tails and measured residual throughput, the admission or rejection of a new user is determined at each base station. By doing so, the admission control algorithm improves resource utilization by guaranteeing the QoS. Additionally, the cellular system becomes more robust against the time-varying fading channel environment. The simulation results of the long term evolution downlink system show that the proposed algorithm can achieve a significant improvement in results compared to those of reference schemes. A general Neyman–Pearson-like framework is also used in evaluating the various admission control mechanisms.     

Cost optimization methods in the design of next generation networks

A key development of telecommunication systems during the past two decades has been the evolution from the circuit-switched network toward the packet-switched network paradigm. Many operators are now migrating their PSTNs from circuit switched networks. This new approach is often called the next-generation network NGN enables network operators to run all services (i.e., voice, data and video) on one network. In this article the migration of Iceland Telecom's circuit-switched PSTN towards NGN is described. A cost model of the telecommunications system has been developed to enable cost and benefits analysis of transforming the network to NGN. Methods of optimization and their application to determine the optimal number and position of nodes in the future network are described. The optimization produces a network structure with the lowest possible total cost of ownership, and the model can also indicate how deviations from the optimum affect cost. The feasibility of NGN is assessed by comparing the cost of NGN migration to that of maintaining the current circuit-switched network.     

Multiple access based on different lengths super orthogonal codes to support QoS of M2M communications in next generation networks

Global connectivity, low latency, and ready‐to‐use infrastructure of next generation wireless (NGW) networks provide a platform for machine‐to‐machine (M2M) communications on a large scale. However, M2M communications over NGW networks pose significant challenges because of different data rates, diverse applications, and a large number of connections. In this paper, we address M2M challenges over NGW networks, and in particular, we focus on random access overload issue and diverse quality‐of‐service (QoS) requirements to enable M2M communications in the context of NGW networks. To enable massive M2M access while QoS guarantees, we propose group‐based M2M communications on the basis of identical transmission protocols and QoS requirements. Furthermore, to guarantee low energy consumption for M2M devices in the same group, we propose a decentralized group‐head selection scheme. In addition, a solution is proposed by using an effective capacity concept to provide QoS guarantees for M2M devices with a strict time constraint. A new random access approach based on different lengths super orthogonal codes is proposed to ease massive random access challenges with provisioning diverse QoS requirements of M2M communications in heterogeneous NGW networks.     

下一代承载网建设思路探讨

下一代网络(NGN)的发展日新月异,NGN和3G业务在未来几年将有大规模的发展,下一代业务承载网络建设将是电信业务发展成败的关键所在.文章从服务质量、可靠性、网络安全和地址规划等几个方面对下一代承载网建设的思路作了介绍和分析.     

Service based CAC with QoS guarantee in mobile wireless cellular networks

The increasing variety and complexity of traffic in today's mobile wireless networks means that there are more restrictions placed on a network in order to guarantee the individual requirements of the different traffic types and users. Call admission control (CAC) plays a vital role in achieving this. In this paper, we propose a CAC scheme for multiple service systems where the predicted call usage of each service is used to make the admission decision. Our scheme enables real‐time traffic to be transmitted using shared bandwidth without quality of service (QoS) requirements being exceeded. This ensures that the utilization of the available wireless bandwidth is maximized. Information about the channel usage of each service is used to estimate the capacity of the cell in terms of the number of users that can achieve a certain bit error rate (BER). Priorities assigned to each service are used to allocate the network capacity. An expression for the handoff dropping probability is derived, and the maximum acceptance rate for each service that results in the estimated dropping probability not exceeding its QoS requirements is calculated. Each call is then accepted with equal probability throughout the duration of a control period. Achieved QoS during the previous control period is used to update the new call acceptance rates thus ensuring the dropping probability remains below the specified threshold. Simulations conducted in a wideband CDMA environment with conversational, streaming, interactive and background sources show that the proposed CAC can successfully meet the hard restraint on the dropping probability and guarantee the required BER for multiple services. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Optimizing the QoS of high speed moving terminals in cellular networks

This paper presents a dynamic guard channel assignment technique based on a two‐layer cellular architecture which optimizes the blocking probability performance of high‐speed moving terminals (HSMT) and handoff calls of low‐speed moving terminals (LSMT), in a congested urban area. The lower layer of the proposed architecture is based on a microcellular solution, for absorbing the traffic loads of LSMT. The higher layer is based on a macro‐cell umbrella solution, for absorbing the traffic load of the HSMT. The results show that using the optimum number of channels and adjusting dynamically the number of guard channels in each layer, the blocking probability of the HSMT and the handoff blocking probability of LSMT is optimized having the minimum bad effect on the new call blocking probability of LSMT. Copyright © 2003 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Joint resource allocation with QoS provisioning in K-tier heterogeneous cellular networks

In this paper, the joint resource allocation （RA） problem with quality of service （QoS） provisioning in downlink heterogeneous cellular networks （HCN） is studied. To fully exploit the network capacity, the HCN is modeled as a K-tier cellular network where each tier＇s base stations （BSs） have different properties. However, deploying numbers of low power nodes （LPNs） which share the same frequency band with macrocell generates severe inter-cell interference. Enhancement of system capacity is restricted for inter-cell interference. Therefore, a feasible RA scheme has to be developed to fully exploit the resource efficiency. Under the constraint of inter-cell interference, we formulate the RA problem as a mixed integer programming problem. To solve the optimization problem we develop a two-stage solution. An integer subchannel assignment algorithm and Lagrangian-based power allocation algorithm are designed. In addition, the biasing factor is also considered and the caused influence on system capacity is evaluated. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithms achieve a good tradeoff between network capacity and interference. Moreover, the average network efficiency is highly improved and the outage probability is also decreased.     

Handover approaches for seamless mobility management in next generation wireless networks

Next generation wireless networks (NGWN) will be an integration of heterogeneous wireless access networks that will interwork over an IP‐based infrastructure. This all‐IP vision has led to the development of handover mechanisms to support seamless mobility for active network services among the different interworking wireless networks in order to ensure network access ubiquity in NGWN. These handover mechanisms need to ensure that mobile devices continue to receive ongoing communication without any noticeable disruption during handover events among the heterogeneous networks. This paper gives a qualitative and quantitative review of current handover approaches of IP mobility management protocols for NGWN with an objective to introduce a new way of further optimizing the handover performance. In particular, the paper focuses on handover approaches of mobile IPv6 (MIPv6) based mobility management protocols. Thus, the need, benefits, and limitations of these handover approaches are explored. Thereafter, dynamic handover coordination is introduced as a new viable solution that exploits the benefits and mitigates the limitations of these handover approaches hence improving handover performance in terms of handover delay, packet loss, and signaling overhead. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

A comprehensive resource management framework for next generation wireless networks

We propose an integrated resource management approach that can be implemented in next generation wireless networks that support multimedia services (data, voice, video, etc.). Specifically, we combine the use of position-assisted and mobility predictive advanced bandwidth reservation with a call admission control and bandwidth reconfiguration strategy to support flexible QoS management. We also introduce a mobile agent based framework that can be used to carry out the functions of geolocation and of the proposed resource management in wireless networks. A model is also developed to obtain the optimal location information update interval in order to minimize the total cost of the system operation. The comparison of the achievable performance results of our proposed scheme with the corresponding results of a conventional system that supports advanced bandwidth reservation only, as means of supporting the QoS requirements, demonstrate that our integrated scheme can alleviate the problem of overreservation, support seamless operation throughout the wireless network, and increase significantly the system capacity.