Space/Terrestrial Mobile Networks (PDF)

Space/Terrestrial Mobile Networks Internet Access and QoS
Support covers the design of a Global Mobile Broadband System
(GMBS) based on the results of the European Commission's Framework
Programme 5 Information Society Technologies (IST) Project SUITED.
Many of the latest concept in mobility solutions, network design
techniques and internet technologies are presented. The SUITED
project has addressed a number of technical issues that are very
much state-of-the-art. The presentation of such material in the
form of a design of a real network provides a unique source of
information.

This book:

* Addresses the important topic of heterogeneous networks and the
underlying tecyhnologies

* Describes how to design an integrated satellite/terrestrial
infrastructure where all the network components are fully merged
together and integrated with the Internet Core network

* Presents the service scenarios and system requirements of the
Global Mobile Broadband System (GMBS)

* Discusses the necessary QoS support and defines the novel
admission control scheme Gauge & Gate Reservation with
Independent Probing (GRIP)

* Covers mobility management including Mobile-IP support and a
QoS Support Module (QASM)

* Describes the functional and network architectures and presents
signalling protocols for mobility management in GMBS

* Presents the design of signalling protocols and their
implementation using the Specification and Description Language
(SDL)

Space/Terrestrial Mobile Networks Internet Access and QoS
Support has an accessible and practical approach to the subject
and addresses in detail, the important topic of heterogeneous
networks and the underlying technologies that make this concept
possible.