A SIP-based mobility management platform for WLAN location-aware broadcasting and multicasting applications
Journal
Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
Journal Volume
5
Journal Issue
6
Pages
647-663
Date Issued
2005
Author(s)
Abstract
Recently, as the service areas of wireless local area network (WLAN) increase rapidly, the usage of WLAN gets popular. People expect more intelligent applications on WLAN. The location-aware application is one of the killer applications. This paper proposes a SIP-based mobility management platform named 'WLB' for WLAN location-aware applications. The WLB accommodates the mobility management, broadcasting, and multicasting mechanisms for mobile user. Within the WLB, the coverage areas of WLANs are partitioned into several service areas on the application level. All signaling in WLB is based on Session Initialization Protocol (SIP), which extends the capability of WLB to be integrated with other mobile networks (e.g., UMTS and GPRS). In this paper, we detail the design and implementation of the WLB platform, and discuss a possible integration of the WLB with UMTS all-IP network. Copyright © 2005 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
Subjects
GPRS (general packet radio service); Location-aware; SIP (session initialization protocol); UMTS (universal mobile telecommunication system); WLAN (wireless local area network)
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Other Subjects
GPRS (general packet radio service); Location-aware; SIP (session initiation protocol); UMTS (universal mobile telecommunication system); WLAN (wireless local area network); Broadcasting; Ground penetrating radar systems; Intelligent networks; Local area networks; Multicasting; Network protocols; Telecommunication services; Wireless telecommunication systems
Type
journal article