Policy based networking in the integration effort of 4G networks and services

• Published in: 2004 IEEE 59th Vehicular Technology Conference. VTC 2004-Spring (IEEE Cat. No.04CH37514) Vol. 5; pp. 2977 - 2981 Vol.5
• Main Authors: Chaouchi, H., Pujolle, G., Armuelles, I., Siebert, M., Carlos, B., Ganchev, I., O'Droma, M., Houssos, N.
• Format: Conference Proceeding
• Language: English
• Published: Piscataway, N.J IEEE 2004
• Subjects: Applied sciences; Chaotic communication; Communication networks; Computer network management; Computer networks; Computer vision; Equipments and installations; Exact sciences and technology; Intelligent networks; IP networks; Mobile radiocommunication systems; Operation, maintenance, reliability; Pervasive computing; Protocols; Radiocommunications; Signal analysis; Systems, networks and services of telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Teleprocessing networks. Isdn; Transmission and modulation (techniques and equipments); Valuation and optimization of characteristics. Simulation; Mobile radiocommunication; Networking; Wireless telecommunication; Mobile communication; Network service; Signalling; Conceptual analysis; Computer network; User service; Telecommunication network; Access network; Safety; Service quality; Telecommunication services
• ISBN: 0780382552; 9780780382558
• ISSN: 1550-2252
• DOI: 10.1109/VETECS.2004.1391470

We present system integration requirements and provide a new framework to support the integration of 4G networks and services. This framework uses a policy based networking concept in order to provide the unified control in the oncoming 4G networks and services. We also provide an analysis of the candidate signaling protocols in this framework. Two approaches are described: i) the unified QoS, mobility, and security signaling and ii) the heterogeneous QoS, mobility, and security signaling. In addition, we introduce user, terminal, network and service profiles and management in order to provide a user centric approach and consider different user, terminal, network, and service constraints in order to better adapt the user service as well as the network configuration to these constraints. Finally, we give a short estimation on the composition of exchanged signaling data with respect to the aspired level of integration.