3rd Annual International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networks and Services

Research Article

Architectures for Communication in Personal Networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361776,
        author={R. V.  Prasad and Martin  Jacobsson and Sonia Heemstra   de Groot and  Ignas   Niemegeers and Anthony Lo},
        title={Architectures for Communication in Personal Networks},
        proceedings={3rd Annual International ICST Conference on Mobile and Ubiquitous Systems: Networks and Services},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={PERNETS},
        year={2007},
        month={5},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361776}
    }
    
  • R. V. Prasad
    Martin Jacobsson
    Sonia Heemstra de Groot
    Ignas Niemegeers
    Anthony Lo
    Year: 2007
    Architectures for Communication in Personal Networks
    PERNETS
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/MOBIQW.2006.361776
R. V. Prasad1, Martin Jacobsson1, Sonia Heemstra de Groot1, Ignas Niemegeers1, Anthony Lo1
  • 1: Fac. of EEMCS, Delft Univ. of Technol.

Abstract

Personal networks (PN) is a new concept related to pervasive computing with a strong user-focus view. The key to a successful PN realization is a general network architecture that is capable of bridging different current and future technologies and offers a homogeneous and clear view to the end-user. In this paper, we focus on forming a PN by connecting remote personal devices using infrastructure-based IP networks, including 3G networks and WLAN hotspots. One way is to upgrade the current access networks with new functionality to support PNs. Since many devices in PNs are mobile and battery powered, this may help them to achieve a faster service and to save energy. However, to deploy such functionality is not easy and may hamper the adoption of PNs altogether. Therefore, in this paper we study three possible inter-cluster communication architectures that can use current IP networks. To discern the above proposal we also give a detailed picture of PN network architecture supported by infrastructure. We believe that this detailed discussion will help the success of PNs