As 3G wireless systems are deployed worldwide, significant efforts have been underway in the research community and the wireless industry for “4G” wireless systems. The ITU (International Telecommunications Union) envisions 4G systems to support data rates up to 100 Mbps for highly mobile users, and up to 1Gbps for slow-moving users. It has defined the requirements for 4G wireless systems, which is also called “IMT-2000 and Beyond”, and is defining the networking aspects of the 4G systems which include “wireless Internet, convergence of mobile and fixed networks, mobility management, mobile multimedia functions, internetworking, interoperability and enhancements to existing IMT-2000”. It is widely anticipated that 4G radio spectrums will be allocated in 2007, standards will be ratified in 2008, initial 4G systems will be deployed in 2010, and broad development of 4G systems will occur by 2015.
However, significant challenges still await solutions. Many of these challenges are in the areas of end-to-end 4G networking, network and application layer protocols and algorithms, and technologies for supporting 4G applications and services. This tutorial is intended to address state-of-the-art technologies necessary for building a practical all-IP wireless network. The tutorial will focus on IP layer and upwards. Evolution of technologies from 2G, 2.5G, 3G to 4G will be discussed. Challenges in realizing applications like mobile IP telephony and streaming multimedia over wireless IP networks will be elaborated. The tutorial will also cover various mature and on-going IETF protocols including signaling, registration, configuration, dynamic address-binding, location management, AAA, quality of service, broadcasting streaming content, and integration with legacy cellular systems for both IPv4 and IPv6 based networks. Practical experience of the presenters in building a prototyping indoor-outdoor testbed emulating mobile wireless Internet in conformance with 3GPP and 3GPP2 architecture will be shared.
Scope and Objectives:
This tutorial will survey several topics related to all-IP wireless networks from 3G to 4G. Although this tutorial will cover various topics, it will be presented in an integrated approach such that audience can learn how to build a completed system.
Outline:
• Introduction to wireless communication and mobile networking
• Current industry standards update (3GPP, 3GPP2, ITU, IETF)
• Mobility management
• Signaling issues in mobile networking
• AAA and security
• QoS support in wireless networks
• Mobile wireless applications
• Conclusion
Biographies:
Dr. Prathima Agrawal
Dr. Prathima Agrawal is the Samuel Ginn Distinguished Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Auburn University, Auburn, Alabama. She is also the Director of the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center at Auburn. Earlier, she was Assistant Vice President of the Network Systems Research Laboratory and Executive Director of the Mobile Networking Research Department at Telcordia Technologies (formerly Bellcore), Morristown, NJ, where she worked since 1998. Prior to this, she was the Head of the Networked Computing Research Department in AT&T/Lucent Bell Laboratories in Murray Hill, NJ, where she worked from 1978 to 1998 in various capacities. Dr. Agrawal's research interests are computer networks, mobile and wireless computing and communication systems. She has published over 150 papers and holds 43 patents. Dr. Agrawal is a Fellow of the IEEE and a Member of the ACM. She received her BE and ME degrees in Electrical Communication Engineering from the Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. She received her Ph.D. degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Southern California.
Dr. Jyh-Cheng Chen
Dr. Jyh-Cheng Chen is an associate professor in the Department of Computer Science and the Institute of Communications Engineering, National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu, Taiwan. Prior to joining National Tsing Hua University as an assistant professor, he was a research scientist at Bellcore/Telcordia Technologies, Morristown, NJ, USA from August 1998 to August 2001. At Telcordia, he was one of the key architects and implementers of the ITSUMO (Internet Technologies Supporting Universal Mobile Operation) project. Dr. Chen has published over sixty papers. He holds eight U.S. patents and one R.O.C. patent. He is a coauthor of the book “IP-Based Next-Generation Wireless Networks” published by Wiley in January 2004. Dr. Chen received the 2000 Telcordia CEO Award, the 2001 SAIC ESTC (Executive Science and Technology Council) Publication Award, and the 2004 New Faculty Research Award of the National Tsing Hua University. Dr. Chen is a Technical Editor of IEEE Wireless Communications. He was a guest editor of the IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications, special issue on “All-IP Wireless Networks”, May 2004. He was the Technical Program Chair of the 3rd International Conference on Information Technology: Research and Education (ITRE ‘05). He has been on the technical program committee of numerous international conferences, including IEEE INFOCOM 2005-2006, IEEE GLOBECOM 2005-2006, IEEE WCNC 2005-2006, IEEE ICC 2007. He received his Ph.D. degree from the State University of New York at Buffalo in 1998. He is a senior member of the IEEE, and a member of the ACM. |
