Title | Multi-mode Access System with Anchor Layer 2/3 Protocol for Beyond 3G Wireless Networks |
Publication Type | Conference Paper |
Year of Publication | 2006 |
Authors | Fong, M. - H., T. A. Gulliver, and V. K. Bhargava |
Conference Name | Vehicular Technology Conference, 2006. VTC 2006-Spring. IEEE 63rd |
Pagination | 172 -176 |
Date Published | may. |
Keywords | 3G mobile communication, anchor layer 2-3 protocol, B3G access system, beyond 3G wireless networks, dynamic radio resource management, heterogeneous physical layer modes, load management, mobility management (mobile radio), multi-access systems, multi-mode access system, physical layer access techniques, protocols, QoS, quality of service, radio access networks, seamless inter-system handoff, spectrum management |
Abstract | In this paper we introduce a new multi-mode beyond 3rd generation (B3G) access system concept based on heterogeneous physical layer modes or configurations, with a common (or anchor) layer 2 and 3 protocols stack. Such a system can support a wide variety of physical layer access techniques, e.g. code division multiple access (CDMA), orthogonal frequency division multiple access (OFDMA), multi-carrier CDMA (MC-CDMA) etc, with different configurations which are optimised for different deployment scenarios and performance targets, while anchored by a common layer 2 and 3 protocols. Seamless inter-system handoff is enabled by the common layer 2/3 protocols, while dynamic radio resource/load/spectrum management can be performed across the different physical layer modes to achieve optimum spectrum efficiency and quality of service (QoS) support. The overall system concept of the multi-mode access system is first presented, followed by a detailed account of the anchor layer 2/3 protocol design |
URL | http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/VETECS.2006.1682798 |
DOI | 10.1109/VETECS.2006.1682798 |