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- Title
Enabling technologies for the ‘always best connected’ concept.
- Authors
Passas, Nikos; Paskalis, Sarantis; Kaloxylos, Alexandros; Bader, Faouzi; Narcisi, Renato; Tsontsis, Evangelos; Jahan, Adil S.; Aghvami, Hamid; O'Droma, Máirtín; Ganchev, Ivan
- Abstract
‘Always Best Connected’ (ABC) is considered one of the main requirements for next generation networks. The ABC concept allows a person to have access to applications using the devices and network technologies that best suits his or her needs or profile at any time. Clearly, this requires the combination of a set of existing and new technologies, at all levels of the protocol stack, into one integrated system. In this paper, a considerable set of the technologies, that are expected to play a key role towards the ABC vision, are presented. Starting from a reference architecture, the paper describes the required enhancements at certain levels of a traditional protocol stack, as well as technologies for mobility and end-to-end Quality of Service (QoS) support. The paper concludes with a case study that reveals the advantages of the ABC concept. This article replaces a previously published version (Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing; 5(2): 175-191. [DOI: 10.1002/wcm.207]). Retraction notice DOI: <DOI>10.1002/wcm.426</DOI>. Copyright © 2006 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
WIRELESS communications; COMPUTER network architectures; TELECOMMUNICATION systems; MOBILE communication systems; CUSTOMER services; MOBILE computing
- Publication
Wireless Communications & Mobile Computing, 2006, Vol 6, Issue 4, p523
- ISSN
1530-8669
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/wcm.392