Effect of TNL flow control schemes for the HSDPA network performance

Journal of Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 78-88

  Weerawardane, Thushara ^a   Timm Giel, Andreas ^a   Görg, Carmelita ^a   Malafronte, Gennaro C ^c   Hauth, Stephan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BREMEN   (Germany)

^b NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Germany)

^c RTP PT RST   (Italy)

Author keywords

Flow Control; HSDPA; Node B; RNC

Indexed keywords

3G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; BANDWIDTH; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONTROL MECHANISM; CONTROL SCHEMES; CREDIT-BASED FLOW CONTROL; HIGH SPEED DOWNLINK PACKET ACCESS; HSDPA NETWORKS; MINIMUM COST; SIMULATION MODEL; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

FLOW CONTROL;

EID: 77955163909     PISSN: 17962021     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4304/jcm.4.2.78-88     Document Type: Article

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