Performance of intersegment handover protocols in an integrated space/terrestrial-UMTS environment

The universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) will deliver a convergent network incorporating cellular, cordless, wireless local loop, and satellite technologies. A signaling protocol for intersegment handover (ISHO) in an integrated space/terrestrial-UMTS environment is presented. After dis...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on vehicular technology 1998-11, Vol.47 (4), p.1179-1199
Main Authors: Efthymiou, N., Yim Fun Hu, Sheriff, R.E.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
3G mobile communication
Access protocols
Communication system control
Delay effects
GSM
Intelligent networks
Propagation delay
Satellite broadcasting
Space technology
Telecommunication control
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Summary:The universal mobile telecommunications system (UMTS) will deliver a convergent network incorporating cellular, cordless, wireless local loop, and satellite technologies. A signaling protocol for intersegment handover (ISHO) in an integrated space/terrestrial-UMTS environment is presented. After discussing a number of possible ISHO scenarios, backward mobile-assisted handover (HO) incorporating signaling diversity is chosen as the most appropriate ISHO scheme. Based on the generic radio-access network (GRAN) concept and by using a satellite-UMTS network architecture and functional model, the derivation of an ISHO protocol is presented. The performance of this protocol is analyzed and evaluated in terms of the service interruption time, execution signaling time, and the end-to-end signaling time. Simulation results show that, in agreement with the GRAN concept, the service interruption time is independent of the signaling protocol and depends only on the satellite round-trip delay and the radio interface characteristics. The interarrival rate of the ISHO requests affect the performance of the protocol only when the value of the mean service time is increased. However, even in such a situation, the performance of the protocol is still considered acceptable.
ISSN:0018-9545
1939-9359
DOI:10.1109/25.728507