Modeling mobility and workload for wireless metropolitan area networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 27, Issue 8, 2004, Pages 751-761

  Hollick, Matthias ^a   Krop, Tronje ^a   Schmitt, Jens ^a   Huth, Hans Peter ^b   Steinmetz, Ralf ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b SIEMENS AG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Metropolitan area radio access networks; Mobile communications; Mobility modeling; Wireless communication networks; Workload modeling

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; ELECTRONIC MAIL; INTERNET; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

DEVICE MOBILITY; MOBILITY MODELING;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 1842555145     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2003.10.015     Document Type: Article

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