On the need for adaptive connectivity management in multi-access architectures

2012 ◽  
Author(s):  
Siwar Ben Hadj Said ◽  
Karine Guillouard ◽  
Jean-Marie Bonnin
Keyword(s):  
Multi Access

User-Driven Network Selection during Vertical Handover in 4G Networks

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
Abubakar Muhammad Miyim ◽  
Mahamod Ismail ◽  
Rosdiadee Nordin
Keyword(s):  
Blocking Probability ◽  
Service Selection ◽  
Vertical Handover ◽  
Network Selection ◽  
Selection Strategy ◽  
Intelligent Network ◽  
Decision Algorithm ◽  
Radio Access ◽  
Service Application ◽  
Multi Access

The importance of network selection for wireless networks, is to facilitate users with various personal wireless devices to access their desired services via a range of available radio access networks. The inability of these networks to provide broadband data service applications to users poses a serious challenge in the wireless environment. Network Optimization has therefore become necessary, so as to accommodate the increasing number of users’ service application demands while maintaining the required quality of services. To achieve that, the need to incorporate intelligent and fast mechanism as a solution to select the best value network for the user arises. This paper provides an intelligent network selection strategy based on the user- and network-valued metrics to suit their preferences when communicating in multi-access environment. A user-driven network selection strategy that employs Multi-Access Service Selection Vertical Handover Decision Algorithm (MASS-VHDA) via three interfaces; Wi-Fi, WiMAX and LTE-A is proposed, numerically evaluated and simulated. The results from the performance analysis demonstrate some improvement in the QoS and network blocking probability to satisfy user application requests for multiple simultaneous services.

Evolving Multi-Access Edge Computing to Support Enhanced IoT Deployments

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 26-34 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lanfranco Zanzi ◽  
Flavio Cirillo ◽  
Vincenzo Sciancalepore ◽  
Fabio Giust ◽  
Xavier Costa-Perez ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Edge Computing ◽  
Multi Access

Hierarchical RL for Load Balancing and QoS Management in Multi-Access Networks

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Antonio Ornatelli ◽  
Andrea Tortorelli ◽  
Alessandro Giuseppi ◽  
Francesco Delli Priscoli
Keyword(s):  
Load Balancing ◽  
Access Networks ◽  
Qos Management ◽  
Multi Access

Enabling Service Cache in Edge Clouds

2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (3) ◽  
pp. 1-24
Author(s):  
Chih-Kai Huang ◽  
Shan-Hsiang Shen
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Machines ◽  
Replacement Policy ◽  
Cache Replacement ◽  
Cache Replacement Policy ◽  
Average Latency ◽  
Hit Rates ◽  
Iot Devices ◽  
Multi Access ◽  
Computational Resources ◽  
The Cost

The next-generation 5G cellular networks are designed to support the internet of things (IoT) networks; network components and services are virtualized and run either in virtual machines (VMs) or containers. Moreover, edge clouds (which are closer to end users) are leveraged to reduce end-to-end latency especially for some IoT applications, which require short response time. However, the computational resources are limited in edge clouds. To minimize overall service latency, it is crucial to determine carefully which services should be provided in edge clouds and serve more mobile or IoT devices locally. In this article, we propose a novel service cache framework called S-Cache , which automatically caches popular services in edge clouds. In addition, we design a new cache replacement policy to maximize the cache hit rates. Our evaluations use real log files from Google to form two datasets to evaluate the performance. The proposed cache replacement policy is compared with other policies such as greedy-dual-size-frequency (GDSF) and least-frequently-used (LFU). The experimental results show that the cache hit rates are improved by 39% on average, and the average latency of our cache replacement policy decreases 41% and 38% on average in these two datasets. This indicates that our approach is superior to other existing cache policies and is more suitable in multi-access edge computing environments. In the implementation, S-Cache relies on OpenStack to clone services to edge clouds and direct the network traffic. We also evaluate the cost of cloning the service to an edge cloud. The cloning cost of various real applications is studied by experiments under the presented framework and different environments.

Lightbeam Configuration Method and Interference Elimination Resource Scheduling for Indoor Multibeam VLC Networks

2019 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Cong-Nam Tran ◽  
Nam-Hoang Nguyen ◽  
Trong-Minh Hoang
Keyword(s):  
Transmission Rate ◽  
Resource Scheduling ◽  
Packet Delay ◽  
Access Point ◽  
Visible Light Communications ◽  
Resource Allocation Algorithm ◽  
Downlink Transmission ◽  
High Data ◽  
Interference Elimination ◽  
Multi Access

AbstractVisible light communications (VLC) is considered as an alternative communications technology for providing indoor wireless services. VLC systems are expected to offer high data transmission rate and seamless coverage. In order to achieve these requirements, VLC systems utilizing multi-lightbeam access points (multibeam VLC-AP) for downlink transmission have been proposed recently. In this paper, we present a lightbeam configuration method and an interference elimination resource scheduling mechanism (IERS) for indoor multibeam multi-access point VLC systems. The proposed lightbeam configuration method ensures seamless connectivity between user equipment and VLC-AP. The proposed IERS mechanism consists of a beam assignment algorithm and a resource allocation algorithm for eliminating co-channel interference as well as improving system performance. Performance results obtained by computer simulation indicate that there are significant improvements in terms of downlink signal to interference plus noise ratio, user throughput and packet delay when the proposed IERS mechanism is deployed.

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