Performance analysis of the general packet radio service

Computer Networks

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-17

  Lindemann, Christoph ^a   Thümmler, Axel ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Continuous time Markov chains; Discrete event simulation; Mobile Internet services; Packet switched data transmission for mobile communication

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); FLOW CONTROL; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; INTERNET; MARKOV PROCESSES; PACKET NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

GENERAL PACKET RADIO SERVICE (GPRS);

RADIO COMMUNICATION;

EID: 0037437625     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1389-1286(02)00322-5     Document Type: Article

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