Multiservice allocation for multiaccess wireless systems

This paper discusses principles for allocating multiple bearer services onto different subsystems in multiaccess wireless systems. Based on the included subsystem's multiservice capacities, under certain constraints near-optimum subsystem service allocations that maximize combined multiservice capacity are derived through simple optimization procedures. These favorable service allocations are either extreme points where services, as far as possible, are allocated to the subsystems best at supporting them, or they are characterized by the relative efficiency of supporting services being equal in all subsystems. The consequences of this include that services should typically be mixed in subsystems with convex capacity regions and isolated in subsystems with concave capacity regions. Simple user assignment algorithms based on this are also discussed. Additionally, illustrating the main findings of the analysis, some system examples are given, including a case study with combined global system for mobile communications (GSM) and wideband code-division multiple-access (WCDMA) systems. The gain of using the proposed service allocation principles compared to a reference case of maintaining equal service mixes in all subsystems depends on the shape of the subsystem capacity regions; the more different the capacity regions, the larger the gain. In the GSM and WCDMA case study, capacity gains of up to 100% in terms of supported data users for a fixed voice traffic load are achieved.     

Providing multimedia communications services from high altitude platforms

System level design considerations for high altitude platforms operating in the mm‐wave bands are examined. Propagation effects in these bands are outlined, followed by a brief introduction to different platform scenarios. Ground‐based and platform‐based fixed wireless access scenarios are considered, and it is shown that using a platform, a single base station can supply a much larger coverage area than a terrestrial base station. The effects on performance of platform displacement from its desired location with both fixed and steerable antennas are also examined. It is shown that steerable antennas are of most use when fixed stations are immediately below the platform, with no benefit for fixed stations on the edge of coverage. The bandwidths required to serve several traffic distributions (suburbs and city centre based) are evaluated using the Shannon equation. It is shown that capacity can be constrained when users are located in the city centres, despite longer line of sight paths to users out in the suburbs. The effects of temporal changes in the spatial traffic distribution are investigated. It is shown that bandwith requirements can be reduced if the platform moves to track these changes. Copyright © 2001 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Multiservice Ethernet access

Ethernet is evolving from its origins in the local area network into a cost-effective and reliable wide area network technology. Market research shows that business customers are moving away from traditional leased lines and selecting Ethernet as the access network technology of choice due to its low cost, simplicity and flexibility. Developments in Ethernet technology are now offering service providers the opportunity to deliver cost-effective carrier class Ethernet services. In particular, a new generation of Ethernet network termination equipment (NTE) is emerging which provides remote management, flexible bandwidth and fault diagnosis while supporting access to multiple services delivered over a single physical connection. This paper describes the advantages and potential cost savings of using Ethernet in the access network. A case study for a city demonstrates significant capital expenditure cost savings and highlights the advantages of using new Ethernet NTEs, which can be up to ten times cheaper than SDH technology, delivering equivalent bandwidth. Remote management and fault diagnosis features can also reduce operational expenditure by avoiding unnecessary site visits. A network architecture is presented which supports delivery of Ethernet services over a combination of circuit-switched and packet-switched domains. New standards which are maturing in the IETF, IEEE and ITU to support Ethernet delivery of interoperable services with carrier class reliability are also discussed.     

Multiservice capacity and interference statistics of the uplink of high altitude platforms (HAPs) for asynchronous and synchronous WCDMA system

In this work, the capacity and the interference statistics of the uplink of high-altitude platforms (HAPs) for asynchronous and synchronous WCDMA system assuming finite transmission power and imperfect power control are studied. Propagation loss used to calculate the received signal power is due to the distance, shadowing, and wall insertion loss. The uplink capacity for 3- and 3.75-G services is given for different cell radius assuming outdoor and indoor voice users only, data users only and a combination of the two services. For 37 macrocells HAP, the total uplink capacity is 3,034 outdoor voice users or 444 outdoor data users. When one or more than one user is an indoor user, the uplink capacity is 2,923 voice users or 444 data users when the walls entry loss is 10?dB. It is shown that the effect of the adjacent channels interference is very small.     

An Agent-Based Multiservice Negotiation for eCommerce

Future generations of electronic commerce infrastructures will facilitate multiservice negotiations — negotiations between one customer and several providers regarding the provision of a personalised bundle of services. These negotiations allow the customer to obtain, for example, a complete travel package made up of several flights and hotel reservations, and matching the customer's specific requirements (regarding budget for example).The main issue in a multiservice negotiation is to handle the constraints that tie together the services within the bundle. Another is to design a scalable negotiation protocol, i.e. one that performs well regardless of the size of the bundle of services.A specific multiservice negotiation is proposed that has two distinctive properties. Firstly, its protocol is defined by a dynamic and decentralised constraint satisfaction algorithm. Secondly, the protocol is embedded within a set of mobile software agents, which perform the negotiation on behalf of the customer. The negotiation is tested on a travel agency application, and exhibits several valuable qualities. It is more scalable than traditional centralised facilitator-based solutions. It can also be customised easily (for optimisation purposes for example), without upgrading software on the providers' sides. Additionally, it is very suitable for mobile users, who are intermittently connected to the network.     

企业多元融合网络

1.多元融合网络的网络架构 企业多元融合网络包括企业多元融合的园区网络、广域网络,以及企业的多媒体应用系统.     

基于SDH的多业务传送平台

现有网络存在多种不同的业务网，每种业务网只能提供单一的服务，介绍基于SDH的多业务传递平台，这是一种TDM／ATM／Ethernet混合传送的解决方案，具有明显的优势。     

Multiservice/multirate pure CDMA for mobile communications

Future mobile communication systems should be able to support a wide range of services with different bit rates. Spread-spectrum code-division multiple-access (CDMA) techniques have attracted much attention to be employed in such a system. Different techniques of CDMA could be used to map low-, medium-, and high-bit rates data into the same allocated bandwidth, including pure or wide-band CDMA, FDM/FH/CDMA, TDM/TH/CDMA, or a hybrid of these techniques. This paper investigates multirate pure CDMA using multiuser interference statistics derived for both Gaussian and Rayleigh fading channels. Approximation of multiuser/multipath interference, in general, helps in the theoretical approach to error performance evaluation and, in particular, is quite useful for simulation approach in a fading channel. Some results of a multirate pure CDMA system with two services (low- and high-bit rates), for both BPSK and DPSK modulation schemes, are presented and compared     

Adaptive Resource Sharing Strategies for UMTS Multiservice Mobiles

In this paper, a multiservice transmission scheme which joints voice, video, interactive game and signaling is evaluated for the dedicated channel of the Universal Mobile Telecommunications System. The transmission rate for each service is determined by means of an adaptive transport format selection. In the UMTS standard, this selection is based on power allocation provided by radio resource controller, trying to match the Eb/No requirements of the individual services. An appropriate selection of the individual rates of each multiplexed service, taking into account its particular QoS requirements, will provide a more efficient resource management than the transmission only restricted to power allocation. For this purpose, we propose and evaluate a new selection strategy based on buffer occupation, delay requirements and target bit rate keeping power constraints that intends to improve the basic operation trying to minimize the impact of the whole network. Video and game services are multiplexed in upper layers (logical channels) sharing a common transmission rate (transport channel). In this paper, it is proposed a new strategy to share the transmission rate set for this transport channel between both services taking into account their particular requirements. Results show that considering delay constraints provides a more balanced performance of the multiplexed services.     

Integrated services from high-altitude platforms: a flexible communication system

In this article the provision of integrated services from high-altitude platforms (HAPs) is discussed, and a flexible communication system for HAP-based communications is identified and analyzed, with particular attention to the delivery of broadband services from HAPs to highspeed trains. The high coding gain required by the proposed scenario is achieved through adaptive concatenated coding schemes, while smart antennas operating with adaptive beamforming algorithms are employed at the ground stations. The simulated system performance based on a multi-antenna model of the stratospheric channel is reported, and the use of HAPs in synergy with terrestrial and satellite systems is discussed.     

Wireless networks based on high-altitude platforms for theprovision of integrated navigation/communication services

Provision of telecommunication services by means of high-altitude platforms (HAPs) is becoming a relevant topic of interest for the research activities on future-generation systems. Mobility on demand, large coverage, and payload reconfigurability are only some examples of the expected benefits for personal communication systems based on the use of such platforms. The research regarding the use of HAPs for communications has so far neglected that they are also a privileged infrastructure for the provision of navigation and positioning services. They can act as augmentation infrastructures for global navigation satellite systems such as GPS and the future Galileo, easily performing direction of arrival estimation thanks to their high position, collecting and broadcasting position information. Despite these interesting services, the real added value is in the fact that their payload can easily integrate both communication and navigation services, with mutual benefits for both systems. The scope of this article is to discuss the feasibility of integrating HAPs with communication networks (e.g., UMTS) and navigation systems, providing an overview of different system aspects (payload, user segment)     

Frequency-hopped ARQ for wireless network data services

The throughput efficiency and probability of undetected error of automatic-repeat-request (ARQ) protocols employing slow frequency hopping over Gilbert-Elliott (1960, 1963) fading channels are investigated. Throughput efficiency formulas for the three basic ARQ schemes, “stop-and-wait” (SW), “go-back-N” (GBN), and “selective-repeat” (SR), are obtained, and the improvement in throughput efficiency due to slow frequency hopping is examined. Results are also presented on the problem of determining the number of carriers used for frequency hopping so as to minimize the effect of fading channel memory and, therefore, optimize system performance. This work has application to TDMA architectures and packet data services for third generation wireless networks, where projected data service requirements call for error rates on the order of 10^-9 , and the multiple service, multiple access environment demands that the delay for any service be minimized     

面向多业务统一传送的PTN技术

介绍了面向多业务统一传送的分组传送网技术,论述了基于MPLS-TP的PTN如何采用PWE3技术支持电信级以太网业务的3种类型,以及实现TDM和ATM业务的电路仿真等。     

基于云平台的信用数据交换系统的实现

基于云平台的信用数据交换系统是一个将信用数据的交换、比对、处理在云平台实现的系统,解决了政府部门之间的信用数据却缺乏有效的共享机制,信用数据不能充分利用的问题。该系统充分利用云技术的优势,对政府部门的服务器硬件配置需求大大减小,把复杂的计算放在云服务器上进行处理,有效地实现了数据的共享,起到了规范市场经济秩序的作用。     

Integrated Downlink Resource Management for Multiservice WiMAX Networks

In this paper, we propose a novel downlink resource management framework for multiservice WiMAX (worldwide interoperability for microwave access) networks. Our framework consists of two major components: adaptive power allocation (APA) and call admission control (CAC). We formulate each of them as an optimization problem, where the demands of both WiMAX service providers and subscribers are taken into account. To solve the optimization problems, we develop a fairness-constrained greedy revenue algorithm for downlink APA optimization and a utility-constrained greedy approximation algorithm for downlink CAC optimization. Our simulation results show that, when combining the APA and CAC optimization methods together, the proposed resource management framework can meet the expectations of both service providers and subscribers     

基于软交换的多业务网

中国联通公司采用下一代网络架构和软交换技术历时两年构建了基于软交换的多业务网,这是对下一代网络发展模式的一次成功的大规模探索,实现了在一个网络平台上提供语音、数据、视频等综合业务.     

多用户多服务无线网络中感知用户体验的比例公平调度

The effective radio resource allocation algorithms, which satisfy diversiform requirements of mobile multimedia services in wireless cellular networks, have recently attracted more and more attention. This paper proposes a service-aware scheduling algorithm, in which the Mean Opinion Score (MOS) is chosen as the unified metric of the Quality of Experience (QoE). As the network needs to provide satisfactory services to all the users, the fairness of QoE should be considered. The Proportional Fair (PF) principle is adopted to achieve the trade-off between the network performance and user fairness. Then, an integer programming problem is formed and the QoE-aware PF scheduling principle is derived by solving the relaxed problem. Simulation results show that the proposed scheduling principle can perform better in terms of user fairness than the previous principle maximizing the sum of MOS. It also outperforms the max-min scheduling principle in terms of average MOS.     

Automatic data aggregation for recursively modeled NFV services

Network function virtualization (NFV) allows to model network services as graphs interconnecting virtual network functions (VNFs), which may include nested VNFs, modeled as subgraphs of VNFs or end points. To query the performance data of network services modeled as abstract and high‐level graphs is challenging because of the recursivity of the NFV architecture and the elasticity and dynamicity provided by the NFV infrastructure. We propose to use Datalog, a declarative logic programming language, to build a framework that supports efficient data aggregation for performance metrics of recursively modeled network services. We present our recursive query language for automatic and flexible decomposition and aggregation of NFV performance metrics and describe example use cases for both compute and network metrics. We also describe the design and implementation of a proof‐of‐concept query engine using the language. Our performance evaluation shows that the total query latency is dominated by retrieval times of performance metrics from infrastructure databases, and the time for execution and automatic decomposition of high‐level queries by the query engine itself increases linearly with the size of the service graph up to 1000 nodes. Hence, our evaluations show that the query engine scales well, bounded mainly by the limited execution capabilities of our test environment. Furthermore, it can handle multiple concurrent queries up to the concurrency limits of the backend database in use. The proposed query language and engine are thus effective in recursively retrieving performance metrics of NFV environments supporting large‐scale service graphs and large numbers of query requests.     

Equal resource sharing scheduling for PCS data services

For high speed mobile communication applications, the data rate can be increased by using multiple channels (or time slots) instead of one channel. To reduce the high blocking rate of multiple channels assignment, flexible resource allocation strategies have been proposed. This paper proposes the Equal Resource Sharing Allocation scheme (ERSA scheme) for flexible resource allocation. The ERSA scheme dynamically averages the allocated resource to the call requests based on the number of calls in a base station. The scheme accommodates the maximum number of requests while providing acceptable quality to the admitted requests. We developed an analytic model to investigate the performance of ERSA, and conducted simulation experiments to validate the analytic model. We define satisfaction indication SI as the performance measurement of the resource allocation algorithm. The experiment results indicate that the ERSA scheme outperforms other resource allocation algorithms proposed in our previous study.