Wireless ATM and Ad-Hoc Networks: Protocols and Architectures

by C. K. Toh

Overview

ATM is regarded as the next high speed multimedia networking paradigm. Mobile computing, which is a confluence of mobile communications, computing and networks, is changing the way people work. Wireless ATM combines wireless and ATM technologies to provide mobility support and multimedia services to mobile users.
Wireless ATM and Ad-Hoc Networks: Prools and Architectures, a consolidated reference work, presents the state of the art in wireless ATM technology. It encompasses the prool and architectural aspects of Wireless ATM networks. The topics covered in this book include: mobile communications and computing, fundamentals of ATM and Wireless ATM, mobile routing and switch discovery, handover prool design and implementation, mobile quality of service, unifying handover strategy for both unicast and multicast mobile connections, and roaming between Wireless ATM LANs.
A novel routing prool for ad-hoc mobile networks (also known as Cambridge Ad-hoc) is also presented in this book along with information about ETSI HIPERLAN, the RACE Mobile Broadband System, and SUPERNET.
This timely book is a valuable reference source for researchers, scientists, consultants, engineers, professors and graduate students working in this new and exciting field.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780792398226
Publisher:	Springer US
Publication date:	12/31/1996
Edition description:	1997
Pages:	313
Product dimensions:	6.10(w) x 9.25(h) x 0.24(d)

Table of Contents

1 Mobile Communications and Computing.- 1.1 The Evolution of Mobile Communications.- 1.2 Global Mobile Communications.- 1.3 Wide Area Mobile Communications.- 1.4 Local Area Mobile Communications.- 1.5 Mobility and Adaptability.- 1.6 Mobile Computing.- 1.7 Research Challenges in Mobile Computing.- 1.8 Chapter Summary.- 2 Fundamentals of Atm and Wireless Atm Networks.- 2.1 Asynchronous Transfer Mode.- 2.2 ATM Prools.- 2.3 ATM Forum Wireless ATM Working Group.- 2.4 Wireless ATM Concepts.- 2.5 Wireless ATM Prools.- 2.6 Chapter Summary.- 3 Architectures of High Speed Wireless Atm Networks.- 3.1 Introduction.- 3.2 ETSI HIPERLAN and IEEE 802.11.- 3.3 America’s SUPERNET and Europe’s RACE MBS.- 3.4 Architecture Based On Rapid Deployment.- 3.5 Architecture Based On Mobile Representative.- 3.6 Architecture Based On Distributed Control.- 3.7 Architecture Based On Hierarchical Organisation.- 3.8 Architecture Based On Intelligent Network.- 3.9 Architecture Based On Virtual Path Overlay.- 3.10 Cambridge Wireless ATM LAN Architecture.- 3.11 Chapter Summary.- 4 Routing and Crossover Atm Switch Discovery.- 4.1 Introduction.- 4.2 Link-State Routing.- 4.3 Distance-Vector Routing.- 4.4 Minimum-Hop Routing.- 4.5 ATM Forum’s P-NNI Routing.- 4.6 IETF I-PNNI Routing.- 4.7 ATM Connection Management Schemes.- 4.8 Crossover Switch Discovery.- 4.9 Implementation Outlines of CX Discovery.- 4.10 Mobile Quality of Service.- 4.11 Chapter Summary.- 5 Wireless Atm Handover Prool Design.- 5.1 Introduction.- 5.2 Existing Handover Schemes.- 5.3 Classification of Handoff Issues.- 5.4 Handover Prool Design Issues.- 5.5 Handover Prool Using Radio Hint.- 5.6 Handover Prool Without Radio Hint.- 5.7 Handover Prool Summary.- 5.8 Chapter Summary.- 6 Wireless Atm Handover ProolImplementation.- 6.1 Objective.- 6.2 Cambridge Fairisle ATM Switch.- 6.3 Wanda Micro-Kernel.- 6.4 MSNA ATM Prool Suite.- 6.5 Experimental Prototype Model.- 6.6 Performance Comparisons of CR Modules.- 6.7 Implementation Results and Performance Evaluation.- 6.8 Comparisons and Related Work.- 6.9 Design and Implementation Applicability.- 6.10 Chapter Summary.- 7 Roaming Between Wireless Atm Lans.- 7.1 Objective.- 7.2 Wireless LAN Organisation.- 7.3 Inter Wireless ATM LAN Roaming.- 7.4 Handover of A Connection Within A WATM LAN.- 7.5 Handover of A Connection Across WATM LANs.- 7.6 Handover of A Connection Across Multiple WATM LANs.- 7.7 Consistency During Inter WATM LAN Handovers.- 7.8 Chapter Summary.- 8 Unicast and Multicast: A Unifying Handover Paradigm.- 8.1 Objective.- 8.2 IP and ATM Multicasting.- 8.3 Multicast Routing Prools.- 8.4 Mobile Multicast Connection Establishment.- 8.5 Handovers of Mobile Multicast Connections.- 8.6 Inter-Cluster Handovers of Multicast Connections.- 8.7 Intra-Cluster Handovers of Multicast Connections.- 8.8 Uniform and Unified Handovers.- 8.9 Discussion.- 8.10 Chapter Summary.- 9 The Cambridge Ad-Hoc Mobile Routing Prool.- 9.1 Objective.- 9.2 Characteristics of Ad-Hoc Mobile Networks.- 9.3 A Mobile CSCW Application.- 9.4 Early Ad-Hoc Mobile Routing Schemes.- 9.5 Current Ad-Hoc Mobile Routing Schemes.- 9.6 Principles of ABR: Associativity-Based Routing.- 9.7 ABR Prool Description.- 9.8 Comparisons with Existing Prools.- 9.9 Dynamic Cell Size Adjustment Scheme (DCSAS).- 9.10 Comparing with ETSI HIPERLAN.- 9.11 Ad-Hoc Mobile Quality of Service.- 9.12 Chapter Summary.- 10 Conclusion.- 10.1 Current Trends and Future of Wireless ATM.- 10.2 Future Research Work.- 10.3 Vision 2000 and Beyond.- Appendices.- A Formal Statements of CX Discovery Algorithms.- A.1 Loose Select CX Discovery.- A.2 Prior Path Knowledge CX Discovery.- A.3 Prior Path Optimal Resultant CX Discovery.- A.4 Distributed Hunt CX Discovery.- A.5 Backward Tracking CX Discovery.- B HANDOVER PROTOCOL STATE MACHINES.- B.1 With-Hint Handover Prool State Machines.- B.2 Without-Hint Handover Prool State Machines.- C Performance Evaluation of CX Discovery Schemes.- C.1 Objective.- C.2 Mobile Network Simulation Model.- C.3 Performance Evaluation of CX Discovery Algorithms.- C.4 Overall Performance Evaluation Summary.- C.5 Chapter Summary.- D Performance Evaluation of Abr and Dcsas.- D.1 Objective.- D.2 ABR Simulation and Performance Evaluation.- D.3 ABR Simulation Results and Observations.- D.4 DCSAS Simulation and Performance Evaluation.- D.5 Chapter Summary.- References.- Glossary of Terms.

Editorial Reviews

Encompasses the protocol and architectural aspects of Wireless ATM networks, as well as a novel routing protocol for ad-hoc mobile networks (aka Cambridge Ad-hoc). Topics include mobile communications and computing, fundamentals of ATM and Wireless ATM, mobile routing and switch discover, handover protocol design and implementation, mobile quality of service, unifying handover strategy for both unicast and multicast mobile connections, roaming between Wireless ATM LANs, ETSI HIPERLAN, the RACE Mobile Broadband System, and SUPERNET. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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