2nd International ICST Workshop on Personalized Networks

Research Article

A Framework for the Self-organization of Personal Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451058,
        author={ Weidong  Lu and R.V.  Prasad and Anthony  Lo and Ignas Niemegeers},
        title={A Framework for the Self-organization of Personal Networks},
        proceedings={2nd International ICST Workshop on Personalized Networks},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={PERNETS},
        year={2008},
        month={2},
        keywords={Context awareness  Cross layer design  Humans  Land mobile radio cellular systems  Mobile communication  Mobile handsets  Personal area networks  Portable computers  Wireless LAN  Wireless communication},
        doi={10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451058}
    }
    
  • Weidong Lu
    R.V. Prasad
    Anthony Lo
    Ignas Niemegeers
    Year: 2008
    A Framework for the Self-organization of Personal Networks
    PERNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQ.2007.4451058
Weidong Lu1,*, R.V. Prasad1,*, Anthony Lo1,*, Ignas Niemegeers1,*
  • 1: Center for Wireless and Personal Communications, Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands
*Contact email: W.Lu@ewi.tudelft.nl, Vprasad@ewi.tudelft.nl, A.Lo@ewi.tudelft.nl, I.Niemegeers@ewi.tudelft.nl

Abstract

Personal network (PN) as a user centric enabler for future 4G wireless communications starts from the user and extends the user's personal area network (PAN) to a global coverage of his personal devices and services in his home, car and office etc. as well as other foreign networks and services regardless of their geographical locations. Personal networks are dynamic in nature and consist of heterogeneous mobile devices and technologies. As a result, one of the main challenges in the development of personal networks is self-organization in order to be adaptive to the dynamics and heterogeneity of personal networks. A framework that consists of different self-organizing functions for personal networks is proposed in this paper. A cross layer function, context awareness, is discussed in details on how personal networks could make use of context information at various layers to facilitate self-organization.