2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities

Research Article

EVEREST testbed: QoS management evaluation in B3G networks

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649123,
        author={Ramon  Ferr\^{u}s and Antoni  Gelonch and Ferran  Casadevall and Xavier  Rev\^{e}s and Nima  Nafisi},
        title={EVEREST testbed: QoS management evaluation in B3G networks},
        proceedings={2nd International IEEE/Create-Net Conference on Testbeds and Research Infrastructures for the Development of Networks and Communities},
        publisher={IEEE},
        proceedings_a={TRIDENTCOM},
        year={2006},
        month={7},
        keywords={beyond 3G end-to-end QoS DiffServ heterogeneous access network policy-based service negotiation},
        doi={10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649123}
    }
    
  • Ramon Ferrús
    Antoni Gelonch
    Ferran Casadevall
    Xavier Revés
    Nima Nafisi
    Year: 2006
    EVEREST testbed: QoS management evaluation in B3G networks
    TRIDENTCOM
    IEEE
    DOI: 10.1109/TRIDNT.2006.1649123
Ramon Ferrús1,*, Antoni Gelonch1,*, Ferran Casadevall1,*, Xavier Revés1,*, Nima Nafisi2,*
  • 1: Signal Theory and Communications Department, UPC, Barcelona
  • 2: Centre for Telecommunications Research, King's College London
*Contact email: ferrus@tsc.upc.es, antoni@tsc.upc.es, ferranc@tsc.upc.es, xavier.reves@tsc.upc.es, nima.nafisi@kcl.ac.uk

Abstract

This paper describes the motivation, methodology and implementation approach of the testbed that has been developed in the framework of the EVEREST project. Such testbed is used for demonstrating some of the main concepts addressed within the project, concerning both: common radio resource management strategies and end-to-end QoS architectures and mechanisms for B3G systems based on the UMTS architecture. The complexity of the interaction between B3G systems and the user applications, while dealing with the QoS concept, pushes to develop this kind of emulation platforms, where algorithms and applications can/must be tested in realistic conditions, not achievable by means of off-line simulations.