Traffic engineering concepts for cellular packet radio networks with quality of service support [Elektronische Ressource] / vorgelegt von Peter Stuckmann

Traffic Engineering Concepts forCellular Packet Radio Networks withQuality of Service SupportVon der Fakultat fur Elektrotechnik und Informationstechnik der¨ ¨Rheinisch-Westfal¨ischen Technischen Hochschule Aachen zur Erlangung desakademischen Grades eines Doktors der Ingenieurwissenschaften genehmigte Dissertationvorgelegt vonDiplom-IngenieurPeter Stuckmannaus EsloheBerichter: Universitatsprofessor Dr.-Ing. Bernhard Walke¨Universit¨atsprofessor Dr. Petri Mah¨ on¨ enTag der mu¨ndlichen Pru¨fung: 23. Juni 2003ABSTRACTCellular packet radio networks are presently introduced and further developed to supportmobile Multimedia applications and mobile Internet access. The General Packet RadioService (GPRS) and Enhanced GPRS (EGPRS), the packet services of the Global Systemfor Mobile Communications (GSM), are dominant standards for packet data support inevolved second-generation cellular systems.This thesis presents traffic engineering concepts for cellular packet radio networks thatareappliedbutnotlimitedtothestandardsGPRSandEGPRSandcanbeintegratedintothe radio interface capacity planning process. They are based on a comprehensive perfor-mance evaluation of Internet and Multimedia applications for the relevant cell scenarios,system parameter settings and protocol options that are expected for the evolution ofGPRS and EGPRS networks.