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In support of the on-going research and development activity in the design and performance assessment of radio access network integration schemes, we present novel resource sharing models for the efficient simulation of multi-access networks involving gsm/edge, umts/hsdpa and 802.11a-based wlan systems. The applicability of the proposed models in determining call and system level performance measures is demonstrated by means of a limited set of illustrative numerical experiments revealing the significant performance gains when integrating distinct access networks with a rather simple radio access selection scheme.
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Litjens, R., Jorguseski, L., Popova, M. (2007). Performance Modelling and Evaluation of Wireless Multi-access Networks. In: Koucheryavy, Y., Harju, J., Sayenko, A. (eds) Next Generation Teletraffic and Wired/Wireless Advanced Networking. NEW2AN 2007. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 4712. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-74833-5_17
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