Title
User agent migration policies in wireless networks
Abstract
Wireless networks often employ network-based user agents as proxies for mobile users. In this paper, we consider the fundamental problem of designing migration policies for these user agents. We first introduce a general framework for analyzing user agent migration policies, and then highlight, through analysis and simulation, the numerous parameters and tradeoffs that dictate the design of migration policies. We evaluate these policies in the context of both homogeneous and heterogeneous networks, and in the presence and absence of processing overheads due to migration. Finally, we identify two simple threshold-based policies that deliver very good performance over a wide range of system parameters and configurations. To our knowledge, this is the first paper to propose and evaluate policies for migration of user agents
Year
DOI
Venue
2000
10.1109/49.895050
IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
Intelligent networks,Wireless networks,Network servers,Bandwidth,Communication system traffic control,Computer networks,Application software,Analytical models,Wireless communication,Transcoding
Telecommunication network planning,Wireless network,Mobile radio,Cellular radio,Homogeneous,Computer science,Computer network,Heterogeneous network,User agent,Overhead (business),Distributed computing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
18
11
0733-8716
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.38
7
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
R. Ramjee13180299.73
T. F. La Porta222256.86
Jim Kurose35307610.06
Don Towsley4186931951.05