Subscribe (Full Service)
Search:
Register (Limited Service, Free)
j The ACM Digital Library
k
l
m
n
Login
i The Guide
j
k
l
m
n
Feedback
Packet-switched network selection with the highest QoS in 4G networks
Source
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking
archive
Volume 52 , Issue 1 (January 2008) table of contents
Pages 248-258
Year of Publication: 2008
ISSN:1389-1286
Authors
Dimitris Charilas
Ourania Markaki
Dimitris
Nikitopoulos
Michael
Theologou
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Heroon
Polytechneiou 9, Zographou 15773, Greece
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Heroon
Polytechneiou 9, Zographou 15773, Greece
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Heroon
Polytechneiou 9, Zographou 15773, Greece
National Technical University of Athens, School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Heroon
Polytechneiou 9, Zographou 15773, Greece
Elsevier North-Holland, Inc. New York, NY, USA
Publisher
Additional
Information:
abstract references index terms collaborative colleagues
Tools and Actions:
Save this Article to a Binder
DOI Bookmark:
Review this Article
Display Formats: BibTex EndNote ACM Ref
10.1016/j.comnet.2007.09.005
ABSTRACT
The evolution of telecommunications during the last decades has been enormous and as a
result, nowadays, people find themselves before the challenge of 4G networks. Due to the
fact that the latter constitute an environment of heterogeneous networks, their integration
in terms of the Quality of Service (QoS) offered is of crucial importance. In general, the
topic of this paper is to integrate the parameters that define QoS. Specifically, the main
scope of this paper is the development of a process to evaluate three packet-switched
networks (UMTS, WLAN and GPRS) in reference to the QoS offered and finally, the selection
of the network that offers the highest standard for QoS. In order to achieve the above goal,
there has been an attempt to distinguish the most important QoS indicators that
characterize packet-switched networks and a few processes have been developed in order
to either estimate the contribution of each parameter to the total QoS, or identify the weak
points of a network. Apparently, each of these processes approaches the term of QoS in a
different way and gives results of different usefulness.
REFERENCES
Note: OCR errors may be found in this Reference List extracted from the full text article.
ACM has opted to expose the complete List rather than only correct and linked references.
[1]
U. Varshney, R. Jain, Issues in Emerging 4G Wireless Networks, June 2001.
[2]
F. Paint, P. Engelstad, E. Vanem, T. Haslestad, A.M. Nordvik, K. Myksvoll, S. Svaet, Mobility Aspects in
4G Networks - White Paper, December 2002.
[3]
Skianis, C., Kormentzas, G. and Kontovasillis, K., Interactions between intelligent multimodal terminals
and a network management system in a B3G Context, Special Issue on WLAN/3G Integration for NextGeneration Heterogeneous Networks. In: Passas, N., Salkintzis, A. (Eds.), Wireless Communications and
Mobile Computing, vol. 5. Wiley. pp. 679-695.
[4]
Qingyang Song, Abbas Jamalipour, Network Selection in an integrated Wireless LAN and UMTS
Environment Using Mathematical Modeling and Computing Techniques, June 2005.
[5]
Song, Qingyang and Jamalipour, Abbas, A Network Selection Mechanism for Next Generation Networks.
2005. IEEE.
[6]
Nokia, Quality of Experience (QoE) of mobile services: Can it be measured and improved?
[7]
Dimitris Despotis, Analytical Hierarchy Process, 2002.
[8]
Christos Douligeris, Ian Pereira, An Analytical Hierarchy Process approach to the analysis of quality in
telecommunication systems, 1992.
[9]
Mari Pöyhönen, Raimo P. Hämäläinen, On the convergence of multiattribute weighting methods,
April 1997.
[10]
Qinbao Song, Martin Shepperd, Carolyn Mair, Using grey relational analysis to predict software effort
with small data sets, 2005.
[11]
Ng, David K.W., Grey system and grey relational model. ACM SIGICE Bulletin. v20 i2. 2-9.
[12]
Per-Oddvar Osland, Khann Dinh, Perceived VoIP quality under varying traffic conditions.
[13]
ITU-T, G.101, September 1999.
[14]
ITU-T, P.911, December 1998.
INDEX TERMS
Primary Classification:
C. Computer Systems Organization
C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
C.2.6 Internetworking
Additional Classification:
C. Computer Systems Organization
C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
Subjects: Network communications
C.2.2 Network Protocols
C.4 PERFORMANCE OF SYSTEMS
General Terms:
Algorithms, Design, Performance
Keywords:
AHP, GRA, Heterogeneous networks, Integration, QoS
Collaborative Colleagues:
Dimitris Charilas:
Ourania Markaki
Dimitris Nikitopoulos
Michael E Theologou
Ourania Markaki:
Dimitris Charilas
Dimitris Nikitopoulos
Michael E Theologou
Dimitris
Dimitris Charilas
Nikitopoulos:
Alexandros Giamas
Ourania Markaki
Nikolaos Papaoulakis
Efstathios Sykas
Michael E Theologou
Michael Theologou
Angelos Trakos
Michael E
Theologou:
Evgenia F Adamopoulou
John Anagnostopoulos
Christos B
Anagnostopoulos
Miltiades E Anagnostou
Dimitris Charilas
Constantina I
Costopoulou
V P Demesticha
Panagiotis P
Demestichas
Konstantinos P
Demestichas
Panagiotis Demestichas
Fabio Galliano
C Konstantinopoulou
G Koundourakis
E Matsikoudis
K Koutsopoulos
Apostolos N Meliones
Artemis A
Nikolas M Mitrou
Dimitris Nikitopoulos
Koutsorodi
S K Kraounakis
A Oikonomou
Zissis Lioupas
Louisa Papadopoulou
Malamati D Louta George N Prezerakos
E D Loutas
Emmanuel N
Protonotarios
Yannis I
Manolessos
Nikolaos G Protopsaltis
Ourania Markaki
George D Stamoulis
J G Markopoulos
Vera Stavroulaki
J G Markoulidakis Vasilios Tountopoulos
Georges Martinez
Dimitris Tournis
K Tsagkaris
D F Tsirkas
Evangelia C Tzifa
Athanasios V
Vasilakos
Dimitrios D
Vergados
Guillaume Vivier
Guillaume Vivier
Konstantinos M
Vlakos
The ACM Portal is published by the Association for Computing Machinery. Copyright © 2008 ACM, Inc.
Terms of Usage Privacy Policy Code of Ethics Contact Us
Useful downloads:
Adobe Acrobat
QuickTime
Windows Media Player
Real Player