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Efficiency Issues in MPLS Transport for the UMTS Access Network

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Quality of Service in the Emerging Networking Panorama (WQoSR 2004, QofIS 2004, ICQT 2004)

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Multiprotocol Label Switching (MPLS) offers a simple and flexible transport solution for multiservice networks. Therefore, many UMTS operators are currently considering the use of a MPLS backbone. However, the efficient transport of short voice and data packets in the UMTS access network requires multiplexing and segmentation functions not provided by MPLS. This paper investigates the use of ATM Adaptation Layer 2 (AAL2) over MPLS to perform both functions. The efficiency of AAL2/MPLS is analyzed for different traffic types and compared with other transport options. The results indicate that significant capacity savings can be obtained with this solution.

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  1. Dept. of Telematics, Technical University of Madrid, ETS Ing. Telecomunicación, Ciudad Universitaria, 28040, Madrid, Spain

    Enrique Vázquez, Manuel Álvarez-Campana & Ana B. García

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  1. Computer Architecture Dept., Jordi Girona, Technical University of Catalonia (UPC), 1-3 (Campus Nord D6), 08034, Barcelona, Spain

    Josep Solé-Pareta

  2. Fraunhofer Institut FOKUS, Kaiserin-Augusta Allee 31, 10589, Berlin, Germany

    Michael Smirnov

  3. Delft University of Technology,  

    Piet Van Mieghem

  4. Advanced Broadband Communications Centre, Technical University of Catalunya (UPC), Spain

    Jordi Domingo-Pascual

  5. University of Coimbra, CISUC/DEI, Coimbra, Portugal

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  6. Telecommunications Research Center Vienna (ftw.), Donau-City-Str. 1, 1220, Vienna, Austria

    Peter Reichl

  7. Department of Informatics IFI, University of Zurich, Binzmühlestrasse 14, CH—8050, Zürich, Switzerland

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  8. Computer Laboratory, University of Cambridge, 15 JJ Thomson Avenue, CB 3 0FD, Cambridge, UK

    Richard J. Gibbens

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Vázquez, E., Álvarez-Campana, M., García, A.B. (2004). Efficiency Issues in MPLS Transport for the UMTS Access Network. In: Solé-Pareta, J., et al. Quality of Service in the Emerging Networking Panorama. WQoSR QofIS ICQT 2004 2004 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3266. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30193-6_21

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