Research Article
Impact of Traffic Models on Access Management for Heterogeneous Mobile Networks
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3024, author={Antoni Barba Marti and Juan Antonio Guerrero Ib\^{a}\`{o}ez}, title={Impact of Traffic Models on Access Management for Heterogeneous Mobile Networks}, proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques for Communications, Networks and Systems}, publisher={ICST}, proceedings_a={SIMUTOOLS}, year={2010}, month={5}, keywords={}, doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3024} }- Antoni Barba Marti
Juan Antonio Guerrero Ibáñez
Year: 2010
Impact of Traffic Models on Access Management for Heterogeneous Mobile Networks
SIMUTOOLS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2008.3024
Abstract
The widespread success of wireless and mobile communications has resulted in the creation of a large variety of wireless technologies, including second and third generation (2G and 3G) cellular, satellite, WiFi, and Bluetooth. Future telecommunications systems will allow that different technologies coexist together into a single network and collaborating to offer users the best experience in the telecommunications environment. Access management is used to decide whether or not to accept a new connection or handover request into a communication network without violating the service commitment made to already admit requests. The traditional access control procedure for homogeneous network determines whether a user may be admitted into the system. However, in a heterogeneous environment, the access control is additionally responsible for deciding which radio access network is best suited to accommodate the incoming request.