On the management of end-to-end multimedia and multibearer connections in a personal communications system

Abstract

Wireless-PCS systems, through the introduction of new conception control functions, aim to respond to the user expectation of high performing services and the need for flexibility in the management of disparate categories of multimedia and multi-requirement applications supported by the networks. This paper contributes to the ongoing research work in this scenario by describing some proposals for the handling of multimedia teleservices both at the transport and control level, across the wired and wireless sides of an ATM-based wireless PCS system. Admission control on both sides, mobility management in the fixed side and resource allocation renegotiation are topics on which the study focuses.