Abstract
Location transparency masks the use of information about location in space and time when identifying interfaces. The Telecommunications Information Network Architecture's (TINA) Distributed Processing Environment (DPE) is used as a model in this paper. Location transparency is provided in the TINA architecture by locating the DPE between the application layer and the Native Computing and Communications Environment (NCCE). Current cellular systems employ the paging procedure to contact the mobile terminal in the case of incoming call establishment. This paper focuses on the examination of the paging procedure in relation to providing location transparency for applications requiring a cellular system to page a mobile terminal. Three layers are used: the application layer; the DPE layer; and the underlying cellular system (NCCE). Three scenarios are presented which locate the paging procedure in one of the three layers mentioned; the application layer, the DPE and the NCCE.
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Abbreviations
- BTS:
-
Base Transceiver Station
- CSS:
-
Cell Site Switch
- DPE:
-
Distributed Processing Environment
- kTN:
-
kernel Transport Network
- MRO:
-
Message Receiving Object
- MSO:
-
Message Sending Object
- MSCP:
-
Mobile SCP
- MT:
-
Mobile Terminal
- NCCE:
-
Native Computing and Communications Environment
- ODL:
-
Object Definition Language
- ODP:
-
Open Distributed Processing
- SCP:
-
Service Control Point
- TINA:
-
Telecommunications Information Network Architectures
References
ITU-T Recommendation X.901: ODP Reference Model Part 1 — Overview
TINA-C Deliverable: TINA Object Definition Language Version 2.3. Document No. TR_N_M.002-2.2-96, July 22, 1996
TINA-C Deliverable: Engineering Modeling Concepts Version 1.0. Document No. TR_KMK.001-1.1_94, November 17, 1994
EURESCOM Project 608: TINA Concepts for Third Generation Mobile Systems. Deliverable 1, Volume4, TINA Service/Connection Management Architecture Support for Handover, June 1997
ITU-T Recommendation F.851: Universal Personal Telecommunication (UPT) — Service Description (Service Set 1)
CEC Deliverable: R2066/BT/PM2/DS/P/113/b1 UMTS System Structure Document, 31/12/95
Gwinn A.: Simple Network Paging Protocol — Version 3 — Two-Way Enhanced. In: Internet RFC1861, Southern Methodist University, June 1995
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Gray, W.T., Nelson, J. (1998). The role of paging in providing location transparency within cellular systems. In: Trigila, S., Mullery, A., Campolargo, M., Vanderstraeten, H., Mampaey, M. (eds) Intelligence in Services and Networks: Technology for Ubiquitous Telecom Services. IS&N 1998. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 1430. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0056970
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