Telektronikk 1.2007
Personal Networks
Personal Networks - An Architecture for 4G Mobile Communications Networks<a href="/telektronikk/volumes/index.php?page=author&auth_id=377">Anthony Lo</a>, <a href="/telektronikk/volumes/index.php?page=author&auth_id=378">Weidong Lu</a>, <a href="/telektronikk/volumes/index.php?page=author&auth_id=379">Martin Jacobsson</a>, <a href="/telektronikk/volumes/index.php?page=author&auth_id=380">Venkatesha Prasad</a>, <a href="/telektronikk/volumes/index.php?page=author&auth_id=381">Ignas Niemegeers</a>
A personal network is a network architecture which builds on various wireless networking technologies. It is responsible for glueing these wireless networking technologies to serve users. This paper considers the co-operation of several key technologies to realize a personal network; namely Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN), Wireless Local Area Network (WLAN) and Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS). This co-operation poses a new set of problems as these technologies were not designed to interwork with each other. In this paper, we present an architectural framework on which one can build a personal network using these wireless technologies. We also discuss each of these problems and propose solutions toward building a personal network demonstrator.
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