Title: Seamless multimedia sessions and real-time measurements in hybrid 3G and WLAN networks

Authors: Tasos Dagiuklas, Christos Politis, Fadi-Sotiris Salloum, Dimitris Theofilatos, Sara Grilli-Colombo, Yacine Rebahi, Dorgham Sisalem, Rahim Tafazolli

Addresses: Department of Telecommunication Systems and Networks, TEI of Mesolonghi, Nafpaktos GR-30300, Greece. ' Ofcom, Riverside House, 2a Southwark Bridge Road, London SE1 9HA, UK. ' INTRACOM SA, Markopoulo Avenue, Athens GR-19002, Greece. ' INTRACOM SA, Markopoulo Avenue, Athens GR-19002, Greece. ' CEFRIEL, via Fucini 2, Milan 20133, Italy. ' FhG FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, Berlin D-10589, Germany. ' FhG FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta-Allee 31, Berlin D-10589, Germany. ' CCSR, University of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Abstract: This paper addresses the issue of multimedia service provisioning in heterogeneous network environment (WLANs and 3G systems). Particular emphasis is given on the interactions between multimedia signalling, mobility management and AAA interactions. The measurements are associated with service registration/authentication, video streaming within WLAN homogeneous environments and session transfer during movement across homogeneous and heterogeneous network environments. Furthermore, the impact of mobility management on the performance of multimedia services in terms of session reestablishment and packet loss is presented.

Keywords: multimedia services; media streaming; heterogeneous wireless networks; seamless handoff; multimedia sessions; hybrid networks; 3G networks; WLANs; multimedia signalling; mobility management; AAA interactions; video streaming.

DOI: 10.1504/IJWMC.2007.014455

International Journal of Wireless and Mobile Computing, 2007 Vol.2 No.2/3, pp.159 - 172

Published online: 09 Jul 2007 *

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