VoIP mobility in IP/cellular network internetworking

This article explores VoIP mobility in the context of IP and cellular networks interworking. ITU-T Rec. H.323 gateways provide the interconnection between IP networks and switched circuit networks. They allow a call originating from an SCN phone to be transmitted over an IP network to an H.323 terminal, or bridged to another SCN phone. While H.323 provides interoperability with other SCN terminals, the major efforts have been focused on IP/wired SCN (PSTN, ISDN, etc.) interworking. In this article we discuss the challenges associated with the interworking between IP networks and cellular networks through H.323 gateways, and propose an innovative approach using the existing call transfer supplementary service to provide VoIP mobility in the H.323 IP telephony networks. The proposed approach uses existing components in the H.323 standard, thereby allowing VoIP mobility service in hybrid IP/cellular networks to be a value-added feature in the existing H.323-compliant Internet telephony systems     

iGSM: VoIP service for mobile networks

This article proposes iGSM: a voice-over-IP value-added service for the mobile network. The iGSM service provides user mobility to subscribers, which allows them to use either GSM handsets or H.323 terminals (IP phones or PCs) to access telecommunications services. We describe how the iGSM registration, deregistration, and call delivery procedures can be implemented without modifying the GSM network. We study how the tromboning effect in the standard GSM system can be avoided when accessing the IP network. Then we investigate the misrouting problem caused by user mobility     

A push mechanism for GPRS supporting private IP addresses

The General Packet Radio Service (GPRS) provides a packet switched data service for mobile users. However, the existing GPRS specification does not provide the push mechanism and it is difficult to support GPRS services such as call termination (incoming call) for wireless voice over IP (VoIP). Based on the short message service, this paper proposes a push mechanism for GPRS supporting private IP addresses. Our approach does not need to modify the existing GPRS structure.     

Mobile Internet telephony: mobility extension to H.323

This paper studies mobility extensions to ITU-T Rec. H.323 for the support of mobile Internet telephony. Internet telephony, also known as voice-over Internet protocol (IP) (VoIP), requires the transmission of two-way and real-time traffic over IP-based networks. The current version of H.323 allows IP telephony and the interoperability of the Internet with switched circuit networks (SCN). However, VoIP mobility has not been previously widely considered, where VoIP mobility refers to the mobility within the scope of IP telephony. We focus on terminal mobility for VoIP. We investigate the influence of mobility on the H.323 layer and propose an H.323 mobility solution to be implemented over the IP layer. Two approaches to mobility extensions to H.323 are described: using ad hoc multipoint conference expansion and using IP multicasting to emulate mobility. Besides, we have also shown that the proposed ad hoc expansion approach shares many properties with the alternative of using IP multicasting for mobility. Hence, the call signaling procedure for the ad hoc expansion approach is also applicable to the multicasting approach. Since ad hoc multipoint expansion has been defined in H.323, our solution introduces no additional entities to H.323 and requires minimal modifications to the existing H.323 protocol. Such mobility extensions can serve as a value-added feature for the Internet telephony systems compliant to the H.323 standard     

The Complementary Use of 3G WCDMA and GSM/GPRS Cellular Radio Networks

The traffic performance of integrated 3G wide-band code division multiple access (WCDMA) and GSM/GPRS network is evaluated. This type of network links two cellular radio systems which have different set of frequency bands and the same coverage size. The base station of 3G WCDMA is installed on an existing GSM/GPRS site. Dual-mode mobile terminals use handoff to establish calls on the better system. The soft handoff or inter-frequency hard handoff occurs when mobile terminals of 3G WCDMA or GSM/GPRS move between two adjacent cells, respectively. The inter-system hard handoffs are used between 3G WCDMA and GSM/GPRS systems. The data rate conversions between different systems, soft handoff region size, multiple data rate multimedia services, and the effect of the mobile terminal mobility on the user mean dwell time in each system are considered in the study. The simulation results demonstrate that a great traffic performance improvement on the complementary use of 3G WCDMA and GSM/GPRS cellular radio networks compared with the use of GSM/GPRS cellular radio networks. When high-data rate transmission is chosen for low-mobility subscribers, both the handoff failure probability, and carried traffic rates increase with the new call generation rate. However, both rates decrease conversely with the increasing new call generation rate as soon as the new call generation rate exceeds a critical value. This causes the integrated networks saturation. The higher mean speed for the mobile terminals produces lower new call blocking probabilities and total carried traffic. The new call blocking probabilities and total carried traffic increase with the size of the soft handoff region.     

Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP)

During the Internet stock bubble, articles in the trade press frequently said that, in the near future, telephone traffic would be just another application running over the Internet. Such statements gloss over many engineering details that preclude voice from being just another Internet application. This paper deals with the technical aspects of implementing voice over Internet protocol (VoIP), without speculating on the timetable for convergence. First, the paper discusses the factors involved in making a high-quality VoIP call and the engineering tradeoffs that must be made between delay and the efficient use of bandwidth. After a discussion of codec selection and the delay budget, there is a discussion of various techniques to achieve network quality of service. Since call setup is very important, the paper next gives an overview of several VoIP call signaling protocols, including H.323, SIP, MGCP, and Megaco/H.248. There is a section on telephony routing over IP (TRIP). Finally, the paper explains some VoIP issues with network address translation and firewalls     

手机上网一基于GSM的通用无线分组业务综观

讨论一种基于GSM的新型移动分组数据承载业务,即通用无线分组业务(GPRS).着重就其网络特性、影响GPRS发展的因素等作了初步探讨.     

H.323系统中呼叫转移的研究与实现

呼叫转移的主要功能是将发往目的地的呼叫,转移到其他通信网络或终端上.在基于H.323系列协议的VoIP系统中,呼叫转移由网守实现,该功能有助于提高呼叫有效接通率和开展增值业务.针对H.323协议中的网守功能进行了研究,在此基础上提出两种新的呼叫转移设计方案,并对其实际应用进行了分析.实践表明该方案具有良好的工程应用前景.     

Real-time multimedia over ATM: RMOA

RMOA is a new ATM Forum standard addressing the transport of H.323 VoIP traffic over ATM-based Internet backbones. It defines a new H.323 gateway devised to carry H.323 real-time media streams by taking advantage of the quality of service features of ATM. The approach is extremely efficient in that it reduces the protocol overhead on the ATM transport     

A bandwidth-on-demand strategy for GPRS

General packet radio service (GPRS) is a global system for mobile communications (GSM) packet data service. In order to efficiently accommodate GPRS traffic while maintaining the desired service quality of GSM calls, we propose a GPRS bandwidth-allocation strategy called the bandwidth-on-demand (BoD) strategy. The BoD strategy is adaptive to the change of traffic conditions, and thus can dynamically adjust the number of channels for GSM and GPRS traffic. Taking the effect of packet dropping due to movements of mobile stations into account, this paper develops an analytical model to study the BoD performance in terms of GSM-call-blocking probability and GPRS-packet-dropping probability.     

VoIP走势与难点

VoIP在全球的迅速发展不可逆转,但由于存在难于互操作的多种制式,协议体制标准化是其在全球业务市场上面临的主要问题。目前的趋势是MGCP或SIP与H.323结合,而MeGaCo信令协议进一步改善了互操作的效率。在业务拓展方面,在统一传信普遍应用的同时又发展了实时媒体通信——瞬息传信（IM）;另外还有移动VoIP。     

移动智能网预付费业务中GPRS业务属性的实现方案研究

本文首先介绍移动智能网业务开展的现状和存在的问题,然后论述中国移动GSM智能网现状,据此提出三种智能网颅付费业务中GPRS业务属性的实现方案,然后对这三个方案进行了讨论.     

Performance analysis of channel de-allocation schemes for dynamic resource allocation in GSM/GPRS networks

Channel de-allocation for GSM voice call (DASV) has been considered for dynamic resource allocation in GSM/GPRS networks. Two new de-allocation schemes are proposed: de-allocation for GPRS packet (DASP) and de-allocation for both GSM voice call and GPRS packet (DASVP). An analytic model with general GPRS data channel requirement is derived to evaluate the performance of the schemes in terms of GSM voice call incompletion probability, GPRS packet dropping probability, average GPRS packet transmission time and channel utilisation.     

Improving GSM call completion by call reestablishment

Global system for mobile communications (GSM) call reestablishment service allows a mobile station to resume a call in which the radio link has been temporarily interrupted due to interference or bad signal (which is referred to as an interrupted call). This service increases end user satisfaction and network quality perception. We propose analytic models to study the performance for call reestablishment service. Our study indicates that call reestablishment can significantly reduces dropping for interrupted calls     

Effective VoIP call routing in WLAN and cellular integration

In cellular-WLAN integration, a dual-mode mobile station (MS) typically disables the WLAN module for power saving. A major problem is that for an incoming VoIP call (or data session), the MS will not be able to receive this call from the WLAN. It turns out that the call is directed to the cellular network. This letter proposes a simple push solution where an MS can accurately detect a VoIP call from paging signaling of the cellular network. Then the WLAN module of the MS is turned on and the VoIP call is connected to the MS through the relatively inexpensive WLAN.     

Concepts, services, and protocols of the new GSM phase 2+ generalpacket radio service

For almost three years the European Telecommunications Standards Institute (ETSI) has been working on the specification of the general packet radio service (GPRS) for the Global System for Mobile Communications (GSM). In the course of 1997 standardization will come to an end, and a first introduction of GPRS by a service provider or network operator is likely to take place in 1999. The new service will accommodate data connections with variable bit rates and high bandwidth efficiency, and thus offers the possibility to attract a wide range of new applications to GSM networks. In this article possible applications and elementary concepts and service characteristics of GPRS are explained in detail. Furthermore, a medium access control protocol that conforms to the draft standard proposal for the GPRS air interface is introduced and analyzed. Thereafter, the simulation model is described and simulation results presented. The performance analysis carried out shows reasonable performance even under high load conditions     

VoIP信令协议SIP和H.323的比较

VoIP系统凭借其低廉的话费和较好的语音质量,已经成为重要的电信业务,并有取代传统长途业务的趋势.许多组织研究并制定了IP网络上呼叫的协议标准,但有两种IP电话信令和控制标准最具有影响力.一种是ITU推荐的H.323协议,另一种是IETF的SIP.这两种协议代表了解决同一问题的两种不同的方法:H.323是信令基于ISDN Q.931和早期推荐的H系列协议的传统的电路交换的方法,而SIP是一种支持基于HTTP的IP网络的超轻量协议标准.本文,我们主要针对SIP和H.323的体系结构,可靠性,复杂性,可扩展性,可伸缩性以及支持业务类型方面进行比较.     

Toward an all-IP-based UMTS system architecture

Looking into the future, two main drivers for the mobile telecommunications market can be identified: third-generation mobile systems (e.g., UMTS) and the Internet (e.g., the introduction of IP technologies like voice/multimedia over IP in mobile networks). UMTS is seen as the enabler of wireless multimedia applications and portability of a personalized service set across network/terminal boundaries, as defined within the virtual home environment (VHE) system concept. In light of these evolutions, this article investigates the impact of the evolution toward an all-IP UMTS network architecture on the UMTS service architecture, which is based on the VHE concept. The article discusses two possible scenarios for supporting VoIP services in the UMTS service architecture and analyzes their applicability in an all-IP-based UMTS network. The first is based on the traditional centralized IN service architecture. The second proposes a new decentralized architecture based on direct control of VoIP call control equipment by open service architecture interfaces     

嵌入式网络拨号功能设计与实现

以先进的精简指令（RISC）的ARM9 S3C2410X微处理器为核心,通用无线分组业务（GPRS）和全球移动通讯系统（GSM）模块等组成无线上网系统。通过对网络拨号功能的程序设计,并充分利用Qt／Embedded系统关于网络资源的特点,实现无线MODEM经GPRS连接到Internet的无线网络通信,为了使程序设计更加合理,本文将网络拨号分成两部分,即网络和拨号。经过在嵌入式Linux操作系统上验证测试,本设计既可较好地完成网络拔号功能,又可方便地应用在PDA等智能嵌入式系统中。     

TCP/IP在GPRS/EGPRS网络中的应用及影响

通用分组无线业务/增强型数据速率演进技术（GPRS/EGPRS）服务扩展了当前世界上最流行的第二代移动系统——基于语音的GSM,使其能够收发基于分组的数据。随着移动通信技术的发展和业务的多样化,人们对数据业务的需求不断增加,GPRS/EGPRS网络优化也成为了重中之重。除传统的无线网络及核心网络优化外,将其以端到端的思路分析,看为无线＋IP网络技术,成为了新的优化思路。因此传输控制协议/因特网互联协议（TCP/IP）作为互联网固有的最为广泛的传输协议在无线分组数据业务网络中同样得到广泛应用。主要就TCP/IP协议在GPRS/EGPRS中的应用其影响进行了分析。