Architectures and protocols for mobile computing applications: a reconfigurable approach

Authors:
Carla-Fabiana Chiasserini;Francesca Cuomo;Leonardo Piacentini;Michele Rossi;Ilenia Tinirello;Francesco Vacirca
Affiliations:
Polytechnic of Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy;Dip. INFOCOM, University of Roma "La Sapienza", Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy;University of Perugia, Via G. Duranti 93, 06125 Perugia, Italy;University of Ferrara, Via Saragat 1, 44100 Ferrara, Italy;University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128 Palermo, Italy;Dip. INFOCOM, University of Roma "La Sapienza", Via Eudossiana 18, 00184 Roma, Italy
Venue:
Computer Networks: The International Journal of Computer and Telecommunications Networking - QoS in multiservice IP networks
Year:
2004

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Abstract

This work deals with reconfigurable control functions and protocols for supporting mobile computing applications in heterogeneous wireless systems like cellular networks and WLANs. The control functions are implemented in a software module, named Reconfigurable Access module for MObile computiNg applications (RAMON), placed in mobile and/or base stations. RAMON operates on abstract models of the main communication functions of a wireless systems (e.g., transmission over the radio channel, coding end error recovery, capacity sharing and packet scheduling, handover, congestion control, etc.). RAMON algorithms are programmed with reference to the abstract models, independently of specific radio and network technologies. RAMON interactions with a specific wireless access system are conceptually defined by means of parameters that can be measured and controlled, so that the general logic of the module can be posed on top of each system within the constraints and the flexibility provided by the system itself. The implementation of this architectural paradigm requires the definition of specific software adaptation modules between RAMON and each specific system. The reconfigurability of RAMON is exploited to adapt and select the algorithms on the basis of user/application requirements. The paper describes the RAMON architectural model and its control algorithms. Specific examples of adaptation modules are also provided. A selection of performance results achieved by a simulator implementing the RAMON module, the adaptation modules and the main communication functions of UMTS, 802.11 and Bluetooth are shown.