Architectures of High Speed Wireless ATM Networks

Abstract

Several high speed wireless network architectures have evolved over the past few years, including several prototype implementations of these networks. Designing a high speed wireless network architecture requires the careful consideration of: (a) the type of services to be supported, (b) the mobility profiles of users, (c) the communication and computation ability of mobile hosts/peripherals, (d) the need for internetworking, (e) the ability to scale, (f) the availability and limitations of wireless technologies (be it infra-red or radio) and (g) many others factors. By presenting the features of these existing architectures, comparisons can then be made and the knowledge so derived can be used as inputs for future design work.