Traffic analysis and design of wireless IP networks

385 Pages·2003·1.863 MB·English

by  Toni Janevski

Traffic Analysis and Design of
Wireless IP Networks
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Traffic Analysis and Design of
Wireless IP Networks
Toni Janevski
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Contents
Preface xv
1 Introduction 1
1.1 EvolutionProcess 1
1.2 WhyWirelessIPNetworks? 2
1.3 TrafficIssues 4
1.4 DesignIssues 5
2 ThirdGenerationWirelessMobileCommunications
andBeyond 9
2.1 Introduction 9
2.2 EvolutionofWirelessCommunication 11
2.3 SecondGenerationMobileNetworks 12
2.3.1 GSM—StateoftheArt 15
2.4 Evolutionfrom2Gto3G 16
2.4.1 HSCSD 17
2.4.2 GPRS—TracingtheWaytoMobileInternet 17
2.4.3 EDGE 19
2.5 ThirdGenerationMobileNetworks 20
2.5.1 Standardization 20
vii
viii TrafficAnalysisandDesignofWirelessIPNetworks
2.5.2 UMTS 22
2.5.3 WCDMA 28
2.5.4 TD-CDMA 31
2.5.5 cdma2000 32
2.6 ThirdGenerationMobileApplicationsandServices 35
2.6.1 NewKillerApplications 38
2.6.2 Real-TimeServices 41
2.6.3 Nonreal-TimeServices 43
2.7 FutureWirelessCommunicationNetworksBeyond3G 44
2.7.1 All-IPMobileNetwork 47
2.8 Discussion 49
References 49
3 WirelessMobileInternet 53
3.1 Introduction 53
3.2 IP 54
3.2.1 IPv4 54
3.2.2 IPVersion6 56
3.3 TransportControlofIPPackets 57
3.3.1 TCPMechanisms 58
3.3.2 TCPImplementations 61
3.3.3 StreamControlTransmissionProtocol 62
3.4 QoSProvisioningintheInternet 63
3.4.1 MPLS 64
3.4.2 IntegratedServices 66
3.4.3 DifferentiatedServices 69
3.5 IntroductionofMobilitytotheInternet 73
3.5.1 MobileIPProtocol 74
3.5.2 Micromobility 76
3.6 QoSSpecificsofWirelessNetworks 83
3.6.1 CellularTopology 83
3.6.2 Mobility 83
3.6.3 BERintheWirelessLink 85
Contents ix
3.7 Discussion 86
References 87
4 TeletrafficTheory 91
4.1 Introduction 91
4.2 SomeImportantRandomProcesses 92
4.3 DiscreteMarkovChains 96
4.4 TheBirth-DeathProcess 100
4.4.1 StationarySystem 104
4.4.2 Birth-DeathQueuingSystemsinEquilibrium 106
4.5 TeletrafficTheoryforLossSystemswith
FullAccessibility 106
4.6 TeletrafficTheoryforLossSystemswith
MultipleTrafficTypes 111
4.6.1 LossSystemswithIntegratedTraffic 112
4.6.2 Phase-TypeDistributions 114
4.6.3 MultidimensionalErlangFormula 117
4.6.4 PriorityQueuing 120
4.6.5 ErrorControlImpactonTraffic 123
4.7 TeletrafficModelingofWirelessNetworks 126
4.8 PrinciplesofDimensioning 129
4.9 Discussion 132
References 133
5 CharacterizationandClassificationofIPTraffic 135
5.1 Introduction 135
5.2 CharacterizationofIPTraffic 136
5.2.1 AggregateInternetTraffic 136
5.2.2 InternetTrafficComponents 137
5.3 QoSClassificationofIPTraffic 139
5.4 StatisticalCharacteristics 143
5.4.1 NatureofIPTraffic 144
5.4.2 Self-SimilarProcesses 149