Architecture, mobility management, and quality of service for integrated 3G and WLAN networks: Research Articles

  • Authors:
  • Yang Xiao;Kin K. Leung;Yi Pan;Xiaojiang Du

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computer Science, The University of Memphis, 373 Dunn Hall, Memphis, TN 38152, U.S.A.;Electrical and Electronic Engineering and Computing Departments, Imperial College, Exhibition Road, London SW7 2BT, United Kingdom;Department of Computer Science, Georgia State University, 34 Peachtree Street, Suite 1450 Atlanta, GA 30302-4110, U.S.A.;Department of Computer Science, North Dakota State University, Fargo, ND 58105, U.S.A.

  • Venue:
  • Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing
  • Year:
  • 2005

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Abstract

Integration of 3G and wireless LAN (WLAN) becomes a trend in current and future wireless networks, and brings many benefits to both end users and service providers. In this paper, we provide a comprehensive survey on integration of 3G and WLAN. We discuss issues such as underline network architectures, integrated architectures, mobility management, and quality of service (QoS). We particularly study handoff QoS mapping and guarantee between 3G and WLAN, as well as how seamless voice/multimedia/data handoff becomes possible. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.