Research Article
An Integrated UMTS-WLAN Testbed
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444718, author={William Kent and Ronan Skehill and Michael Barry and Sean McGrath}, title={An Integrated UMTS-WLAN Testbed}, proceedings={3rd International ICST Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities (TridentCom)}, publisher={IEEE}, proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM}, year={2008}, month={2}, keywords={}, doi={10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444718} }- William Kent
Ronan Skehill
Michael Barry
Sean McGrath
Year: 2008
An Integrated UMTS-WLAN Testbed
TRIDENTCOM
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/TRIDENTCOM.2007.4444718
Abstract
The provision of next generation mobile wireless access necessitates the coexistence of legacy cellular systems and new air interface technologies in cooperative heterogeneous environments. These multi-system environments consist of a number of radio access networks with different radio access technologies such as WiMax, GERAN, UMTS and WLAN. Joint Radio Resource Management strategies are responsible for managing the pool of radio resources and are crucial to guarantee optimal cooperation between network sub-systems. The testing and validation of these strategies demands the construction of robust heterogeneous testbeds on which joint RRM algorithms can be trialled and evaluated. This paper presents an overview of the software/hardware design of the testbed and a description of Joint Radio Resource Management strategies being employed to manage RRM across UMTS and WLAN.