Emerging mobile and wireless networks
Communications of the ACM
Understanding policy-based networking
Understanding policy-based networking
Current and future applications of mobile and wireless networks
Communications of the ACM
Virtual operator based AAA in wireless LAN hot spots with ad-hoc networking support
ACM SIGMOBILE Mobile Computing and Communications Review
Authenticating public access networking
SIGUCCS '02 Proceedings of the 30th annual ACM SIGUCCS conference on User services
Network Management: State of the Art
Proceedings of the IFIP 17th World Computer Congress - TC6 Stream on Communication Systems: The State of the Art
Authorization and Charging in Public WLANs Using FreeBSD and 802.1x
Proceedings of the FREENIX Track: 2002 USENIX Annual Technical Conference
Management of Digital Video Broadcasting services in open delivery platforms
International Journal of Mobile Communications
Session-Based QoS Management Architecture for Wireless Local Area Networks
IPOM '08 Proceedings of the 8th IEEE international workshop on IP Operations and Management
A new architecture for performance-based policy management in heterogeneous wireless networks
Mobility '08 Proceedings of the International Conference on Mobile Technology, Applications, and Systems
CCNC'09 Proceedings of the 6th IEEE Conference on Consumer Communications and Networking Conference
AsiaCSN '07 Proceedings of the Fourth IASTED Asian Conference on Communication Systems and Networks
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Nowadays, public wireless local area networks (WLANs), commonly called hotspots, are being largely deployed by WISPs (Wireless Internet Service Providers) as a means of offering ubiquitous Internet access to their customers. Although a substantial number of solutions have been proposed to improve security, mobility and quality of service on the wireless area, access network management which is mandatory remains a very significant concern.This paper describes RSM-WISP, a new management architecture designed for WISPs to facilitate the implementation and management of the services they offer at the access side of the WLAN, and to manage roaming contracts between WISPs. Our architecture is based upon the policy-based management principles as introduced by the IETF, combined with more intelligence at the network edge. RSM-WISP adopts an architecture that is composed of two elements: a WISP management center (MC) that deploys policies and monitors all the WLANs, and a programmable access router (CPE) located in each WLAN. The CPE ensures service enforcement, service differentiation (access to different service levels) and guarantee, user access management, and dynamic WLAN adaptation according to the user's SLA (service level agreement). It also permits automatic service updates according to the user's requirements. Concerning roaming management, this is achieved on the CPE through multiple service provider support capabilities. This approach provides WISPs with a simple, flexible and scalable solution that allows easy service deployment and management at the access. This management architecture has been implemented, tested and validated on the 6WINDGate routers.