Design and analysis of large-scale wireless communications networks

ABSTRACT

This paper presents fundamental design and performance assessment methodologies for modern large-scale enterprise wireless communications networks comprised of many system components. Large-scale wireless networks are needed to serve mobile users in a region and to satisfy their intra- and inter-region communications requirements by adopting network-on-the-move (NOTM) concepts. For global access, the NOTM systems will connect to wireless and terrestrial networks and will also support communications-on-the-move (COTM) users. For the design and analysis of such wireless networks, several key areas need to be addressed. These are Internet Protocol (IP) gain assessment, optimal wireless network architecture design, and wireless link analyses. For architectural assessment, new approaches have been developed to meet the design and performance requirements given system capacities. Numerical representations of the optimal wireless network design methodologies are presented to demonstrate the assessment of end-to-end enterprise-wide network performance levels in benign and hostile jamming environments. The aggregate results of these approaches can be effectively applied to provide improved forward-link services to remote mobile users and bandwidth-efficient wireless communications link support to dispersed enterprise users

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INDEX TERMS

Primary Classification:
  H. Information Systems
  H.4 INFORMATION SYSTEMS APPLICATIONS
      H.4.3 Communications Applications

Additional Classification:
  C. Computer Systems Organization
  C.2 COMPUTER-COMMUNICATION NETWORKS
      C.2.1 Network Architecture and Design
          Subjects: Wireless communication

General Terms:
Design, Measurement, Performance, Theory

Keywords:
mobile ad-hoc networks, wireless networks