Location Management Mechanism Research Articles

Dual Location Area Based Distributed Location Management for Hybrid LEO/MEO Mega Satellite Networks

Location management is the basis for ensuring service continuity in low earth orbit (LEO) satellite mobile communication systems. The dual mobility of LEO satellites and mobile users triggers frequent location update procedures, which will increase the network location management overhead and bring great challenges to network location management, especially in the mega satellite networks. In this paper, we propose a location management technology solution for mega satellite networks, including location management architecture, location area design, location update, and paging procedures. A medium earth orbit (MEO) satellite-assisted location management architecture is proposed to improve the efficiency of location management. It extends the location management control plane from the ground to space and adopts a distributed location management mechanism. A dual location area, including the satellite location area and user location area, is designed to balance the network location update and paging overhead. Based on the dual location area, we systematically design low-overhead location update and paging procedures. Simulation results have verified that the proposed location management technology solution can reduce the total location management overhead and delay by at least 45.8% and 20.8%, respectively.

A Survey of Location Management Mechanisms and an Evaluation of their Applicability for 5G Cellular Networks

Location management is an important part in mobile cellular networks since the registered devices can change location while connected to the network. Location management has been of prime research interest over the past decades and several mechanisms have been proposed for legacy systems. However, these mechanisms have to be revisited in the scope of LTE and especially 5G networks where new usage scenarios emerge. In this paper we examine the suitability of existing solutions for 5G networks. Towards this goal we provide a summary of the existing proposals and also analyze a number of patents to verify what the industry believes as really feasible solutions. Then we pinpoint the problems to be expected in 5G networks, with respect to location management, and we propose a future proof path for the design of new location management schemes. Keywords: Location management, location update, paging, 5G cellular networks.

Quantitative analysis of location management and QoS in wireless networks

As a fundamental component in wireless networks, location management consists of two operations: location update and paging. These two supplementary operations enable the mobile user ubiquitous mobility. However, in case of failed location update, a significant consequence is the obsolete location identity in the network databases and thereafter the incapability in establishing the valid route for the potential call connection, which will seriously degrade the network quality-of-service (QoS). This issue is not theoretically studied in the literature. In this paper, we perform a quantitative analysis of the location management effect on QoS in the wireless networks. The metrics call blocking probability and the average number of blocked calls are introduced to reflect the QoS. For the sake of general applicability, the performance metrics are formulated with the relaxed tele-traffic parameters. Namely, the call inter-arrival time, cell residence time, location area residence time and location update inter-arrival time follow a general probability density function. The formulae are additionally specified in the static and several dynamic location management mechanisms. Numerical examples are presented to show the interaction between the performance metrics and location management schemes. The discussions on the sensitivity of tele-parameters are also given.

MSCTP 기반 종단 간 이동성 지원을 위한 SIP 위치정보 획득방안

최근, 트랜스포트 계층 이동성 지원 프로토콜로 mSCTP (mobile SCTP)가 제안되었다. mSCTP는 종단 간 이동성 지원은 가능하나 위치관리 메커니즘이 없기 때문에 교신단말이 이동단말일 경우 mSCTP 어소시에이션을 설립하고자 하는 단말(이후, 어소시에이션 설립시작단말이라고 부름)은 외부 망에 위치한 교신단말의 현재위치정보를 알 수 없기 때문에 mSCTP 어소시에이션을 설립할 수 없다. 이러한 문제를 해결하기 위해 어소시에이션 설립시작단말에서 mSCTP와 SIP (Session Initiation Protocol) INVITE 메소드를 연동하여 사용하는 방안이 제안되었으나, 어소시에이션 설립시작단말이 교신단말의 현재위치정보들 획득하는데까지 걸리는 지연시간(이후, 주소획득 지연시간이라 부름)이 길다는 문제가 있다. 이에 본 논문에서는 교신단말의 현재위치정보를 획득하는 것을 목적으로 하는 새로운 SIP 메소드들을 정의하고, 이를 이용하여 주소 획득 지연시간을 최소화하는 연동 방안을 제안한다. 수학적 분석과 시뮬레이션 결과를 통하여 제안하는 방안이 주소획득 지연시간을 감소시킴으로써 모든 유형의 SIP 환경에서 기존의 INVITE 에소드를 사용하는 방안보다 상대적으로 좋은 성능을 보임을 알 수 있었다. Recently mobile Stream Control Transmission Protocol (mSCTP) has been proposed as a transport layer approach for supporting mobility. When a mobile terminal (MT) is not located in the home network. a terminal that wishes to communicate with the MT is not able to establish mSCTP association to the MT, since mSCTP does not include the location management mechanism. In order to solve this problem. an interworking approach using the Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) INVITE method has been proposed. However, this approach has shown subsequent delay in acquiring the current location information of the MT when initiating mSCTP association establishment. In this paper, we propose new SIP methods and an approach that minimizes the address acquisition delay (AAD) by utilizing those SIP methods. Mathematical analysis and simulation results show that the proposed approach is more efficient than the previous approach in terms of AAD in all kinds of SIP environments.

An Integrated Location Management Scheme for Seamless Access in B3G Systems

Over the last decade there has been a rapid growth of wireless communication technology. Among numerous wireless network architectures, the personal communication services (PCS) networks and wireless local area networks (WLAN) have attracted lots of attention. One of the core functionalities in wireless networks is the location service that provides location information for subscriber services, emergency services, and various mobile networks internal operations. In this paper, an integrated location management mechanism is proposed for heterogeneous wireless networks that combine PCS networks and WLAN. Three major functionalities in the integrated location management scheme are the determination of the WLAN connectivity for a mobile terminal, the development of a local area location scheme for WLAN, and the location prediction module for PCS networks. This mechanism not only determines the location of a mobile client more precisely, but also reduces the cost of locating. The performance evaluation is conducted to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed mechanism for heterogeneous wireless networks.

An Efficient Location Management Protocol for Wireless ATM Customer Premises Networks

In this paper we present a new location management protocol for wireless ATM networks, called LMCP (Location Management and Control Protocol). This protocol is based on the PNNI (Private Network-to-Network Interface) routing functionality to advertise the movement of mobile terminals within pre-defined areas. Moreover, LMCP uses specialized entities to store and retrieve the current location area of mobile terminals. These entities are located in mobility enhanced switches that control the execution of other mobility procedures (e.g. handovers). The main benefit from the application of LMCP is the establishment of connections that do not contain any misrouted segments. Furthermore, it requires minor modifications to the PNNI and enables its inter-working with other location management mechanisms. The protocol is compared with other similar mechanisms, and its efficiency is demonstrated by the results of an analytical model.

Mobile user location update and paging under delay constraints

Wireless personal communication networks (PCNs) consist of a fixed wireline network and a large number of mobile terminals. These terminals are free to travel within the PCN coverage area without service interruption. Each terminal periodically reports its location to the network by a process called location update. When a call for a specific terminal arrives, the network will determine the exact location of the destination terminal by a process called terminal paging. This paper introduces a mobile user location management mechanism that incorporates a distance based location update scheme and a selective paging mechanism that satisfies predefined delay requirements. An analytical model is developed which captures the mobility and call arrival pattern of a terminal. Given the respective costs for location update and terminal paging, the average total location update and terminal paging cost is determined. An iterative algorithm is then used to determine the optimal location update threshold distance that results in the minimum cost. Analytical results are also obtained to demonstrate the relative cost incurred by the proposed mechanism under various delay requirements.

A mobile user location update and paging mechanism under delay constraints

A mobile user location management mechanism is introduced that incorporates a distance based location update scheme and a paging mechanism that satisfies predefined delay requirements. An analytical model is developed which captures the mobility and call arrival pattern of a terminal. Given the respective costs for location update and terminal paging, the average total location update and terminal paging cost is determined. An iterative algorithm is then used to determine the optimal location update threshold distance that results in the minimum cost. Analytical results are also obtained to demonstrate the relative cost incurred by the proposed mechanism under various delay requirements.