第三代移动通信系统与无线局域网互联互通研究

阐述了第三代移动通信系统与无线局域网互联互通的背景、体系结构、关键机制以及应用场景等,特别是对网络选择、认证、鉴权、计费、数据路由等关键机制进行了深入研究并给出了相应的解决方案及两种不同应用场景下的网络架构组成。     

Improved IPSec tunnel establishment for 3GPP–WLAN interworking

Interworking between wireless local area network (WLAN) and the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) such as Long Term Evolution (LTE) is facing more and more problems linked to security threats. Securing this interworking is a major challenge because of the vastly different architectures used within each network. Therefore, security is one of the major technical concerns in wireless networks that include measures such as authentication and encryption. Among the major challenges in the interworking security is the securing of the network layer. The goal of this article is twofold. First, we propose a new scheme to secure 3GPP LTE–WLAN interworking by the establishment of an improved IP Security tunnel between them. The proposed solution combines the Internet Key Exchange (IKEv2) with the Host Identity Protocol (HIP) to set up a security association based on two parameters, which are location and identity. Our novel scheme, which is called HIP_IKEv2, guarantees better security properties than each protocol used alone. Second, we benefit from Mobile Internet Key Exchange protocol (MOBIKE) in case of mobility events (handover). And we extend HIP_IKEv2 to HIP_MOBIKEv2 protocol in order to reduce the authentication signaling traffic. The proposed solution reinforces authentication, eliminates man‐in‐the‐middle attack, reduces denial‐of‐service attack, assures the integrity of messages, and secures against reply attack. Finally, our proposed solution has been modeled and verified using the Automated Validation of Internet Security Protocols and Applications and the Security Protocol Animator, which has proved its security when an intruder is present. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

3G/WLAN交互网络

3G／WLAN系统的交互，通过无线局域网（WLAN）接入控制功能增加新业务功能，如先进业务支持、实时对等IP通信等；通过引进WLAN和蜂窝IP连接不同类型动态交换；利用多种接入技术和用户内部先进技术来提供不中断业务和可靠安全接入.3G／WLAN是迈向新一代无线移动网络的关键，在系统性能上具有巨大的技术优势，同时也将发挥出巨大的市场潜力。3G通信系统标准组织（3GPP）把3G／WLAN交互系统作为3GPP的附加标准。在移动环境中，3G／WLAN网络双模终端可提供无处不在、带宽可变、服务质量（QoS）可保证的多种高速率业务。     

WLAN与3G之争

目前，IEEE802.11系列的WLAN已成为市场发展的主流，在IEEE802.11标准体系中又分为IEEE802.11b（又称Wi-Fi）、IEEE802.11a、IEEE802.11g，就其应用的广泛性，IEEE802.11b独占鳌头。IEEE802.11b工作于ISM（工业、科技、医疗）的2.4GHz频带，采用补码键控CCK调制方式，支持11Mb/s的传输码率，采用的标准安全协议WEP（WiredEquivalent Privacy）。在中国，中国电信于2002年5月推出了“天翼通”无线宽带局域网，而中国网通于2001年就开始实行“无限伴侣”计划，在上海APEC会议期间，网通的无线局域网已经发挥了巨大的作…     

User-Centric Offloading to WLAN in WLAN/3G Vehicular Networks

In recent years, there has been a growing demand in 3G data services, leading to deteriorating 3G service quality. Noting that Wireless Local Area Networks (WLANs) as well as 3G cellular networks are widely available today, WLANs could be effectively utilized to relieve the overload in the 3G networks. On the other hand, use of IEEE 802.11 WLAN Access Points (APs) has proliferated tremendously, resulting in a communication device inside a mobile vehicle to access the Internet. However, using Internet through APs in moving vehicles is challenging since WLAN APs have a short range and are typically not deployed to cover all roads. Several studies have investigated the performance of using intermittently available WLAN connectivity from moving vehicles for data transfers and predictive offloading in WLAN/3G networks. However, these works have not addressed mobility pattern from the viewpoint that drivers’ mobility is generally known to have a daily routine. Therefore, in this paper, we consider the user’s historical mobility to decide to offload data to WLAN instead of switching to 3G network. The user’s application usage pattern is also considered into predicting available WLANs. To evaluate the performance of our offloading algorithm, we analyze the prediction error and conduct simulations. The simulation results show that the proposed algorithm achieves shorter transmission time than the existing schemes that do not consider user’s mobility pattern by delivering more data to the WLANs.     

Resource management for QoS support in cellular/WLAN interworking

To provide mobile users with seamless Internet access anywhere and anytime/ there is a strong demand for interworking mechanisms between cellular networks and wireless local area networks in the next-generation all-IP wireless networks. In this article we focus on resource management and call admission control for QoS support in cellular/WLAN interworking. In specific, a DiffServ interworking architecture with loose coupling is presented. Resource allocation in the interworking environment is investigated/ taking into account the network characteristics, vertical handoff, user mobility, and service types. An effective call admission control strategy with service differentiation is proposed for QoS provisioning and efficient resource utilization. Numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed call admission control scheme.     

3G与WLAN的网络融合

随着3G移动通信应用业务不断丰富,通信网络的承载能力与大流量高宽带的业务需求之间的矛盾日益增加。3G技术难以支撑大量的数据用户的多媒体应用的需求。WLAN作为具有高性价比和大规模部署能力的无线数据技术,可以很好地卸载3G的压力。所以3G＋WLAN互为补充的发展战略成为运营商的共同选择。本文回顾了多种3G和WLAN相结合...     

3G与WLAN的关系

文章对无线局域网与3G的技术特点进行了比较，重点探讨了两种技术的多种网络互通方式，并对两种技术的相互关系和各自定位发表了相应意见。     

WCDMA和WLAN向3G和后3G演进

从2G GSM系统到3G WCDMA系统的演进过程中,高速率空中接口技术和核心网反映了两代系统之间的基本变化。随着高速率移动通信系统的发展,基于WCDMA移动通信系统辅助WLAN技术会有利于加快向后3G系统演进步伐。     

3G与WLAN的兼容和竞争

文章介绍了3G和WLAN的标准和技术发展现状,并分别对3G和WLAN的发展前景进行了分析;重点探讨了3G和WLAN之间竞争和兼容的关系,指出3G和WLAN技术的充分融合是未来通信发展的必然趋势。     

WCDMA and WLAN for 3G and beyond

The WCDMA air interface was initially designed to support a wide variety of services with different QoS requirements having a maximum bit rate of 2 Mb/s. In order to satisfy the future service and application needs several technical enhancements are being studied and standardized for WCDMA in 3GPP. Even with evolved WCDMA, there is a need for another public wireless access solution to cover the demand for data-intensive applications and enable smooth online access to corporate data services in hot spots. This need could be fulfilled by WLAN together with a high-data-rate cellular WCDMA system. WLAN offers an interesting possibility for cellular operators to offer additional capacity and higher bandwidths for end users without sacrificing the capacity of cellular users. The evolved WCDMA air interface will provide better performance and higher bit rates than basic WCDMA, based on first releases of the specifications. Eventually, evolution may not be the answer to all the needs, and come revolutionary concepts need to be considered. However, before some future wireless system can be regarded as belonging to 4G it must possess capabilities that by far exceed those of 3G systems like WCDMA. Judging from an application and services point of view, one distinguishing factor between 3G and 4G will still be the data rate. We could define that 4G should support at least 100 Mb/s peak data rates in full-mobility wide area coverage and 1 Gb/s in low-mobility local area coverage. Other possible characteristics of 4G need to be further studied.     

Evaluation of authentication interworking methods among multiple WLAN service providers

The interworking technologies to combine multiple WLANs into a single virtual system have not been studied extensively, particularly for legacy wireless networks. In this paper, we study how to provide the inter‐domain authentication among multiple WLAN service providers with minimum overhead. We introduce five inter‐domain authentication methods, referred to as Info‐Sharing, AP‐Seq, AP‐Con, AS‐Seq and AS‐Con, which are designed in the form of an extension to the standard IEEE 802.1x and EAP protocols. In order to evaluate these methods, we compare their authentication time, implementation cost, confidentiality, flexibility and increment of messages. From the evaluation with analysis and experiments, we show that the AS‐Con method can provide the authentication interworking function with minimal overhead on legacy network equipments. Also it is shown that, even though the authentication of AS‐Con takes longer than the previous method, their difference is under one second and insensitive to users. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Design and implementation of a WLAN/cdma2000 interworking architecture

The combination of 3G and WLAN wireless technologies offers the possibility of achieving anywhere, anytime Internet access, bringing benefits to both end users and service providers. We discuss interworking architectures for providing integrated service capability across widely deployed 3G cdma2000-based and IEEE 802.11-based networks. Specifically, we present two design choices for integration: tightly coupled and loosely coupled, and recommend the latter as a preferred option. We describe in detail the implementation of a loosely coupled integrated network which provides two kinds of roaming services, a SimpleIP service and a Mobile-IP service. We present, in detail, two new components used to build these services: a network element called a WLAN integration gateway deployed in WLAN networks; a client software on the mobile device. For a mobile device with interfaces to both technologies, our system supports seamless handoff in the presence of overlapping radio coverage.     

3G网络与WLAN的综合结构设计方案

本文回顾了多种3G和WLAN相结合的网络结构,在讨论了它们的性能后提出两种新的结构设计方案,即把UMTS网络分别通过节点SGSN和GGSN接入WLAN网络.介绍了利用OPNET对这两种网络结构进行仿真的方法,并进行性能分析和比较.     

3G网络与WLAN协同规划之探讨

分析了WLAN的技术特点、承载能力、应用场景;探讨了3G网络如何与WLAN协同规划;指出WLAN可作为3G网络的有效补充,和业主充分合作,在公共热点区域建设WLAN,以分流3G网络的高速数据流量,提升3G网络质量,改善用户体验;最后就如何充分发挥WLAN的作用提出了建议。     

3G网络与WLAN的综合结构设计

本文回顾了多种3G和WLAN相结合的网络结构，在讨论了它们的性能后提出两种新的结构设计方案，即把UMTS网络分别通过节点SGSN和GGSN接入WLAN网络，介绍了利用OPNET对这两种网络结构进行仿真的方法，并进行性能分析和比较。     

3G和WLAN集成网络中的QoS的研究

将WLAN和3G结合,已经成为一种趋势.因此,需要考虑WLAN和3G结合的QoS问题.在这篇论文中,主要研究了将3G和802.11e相结合,为WLAN和3G集成网络的用户提供端到端的QoS业务.通过仿真,研究了WLAN误码率对3G业务类别传输吞吐量的影响.     

IMS业务会话在3G和WLAN间的切换方案

介绍了3GPPR6版本中的3G-WLAN融合网络架构,分析了其移动性管理机制的不足,然后在分析比较了潜在的移动性管理协议后,提出了基于SIP实现3G/WLAN（无线局域网）间IMS（IP多媒体子系统）业务会话的切换方案,并探讨了进一步改进的思路.