Modélisation et simulation des réseaux mobiles de 4ème génération

Cette thèse porte sur l'interopérabilité et la qualité de service dans les réseaux de 4ème génération. En particulier, nous proposons des solutions d'intégration entre le réseau WiMAX et le système satellite DVB-RCS en s'appuyant sur le standard IEEE 802.21. Trois solutions peuvent être mises en place pour l'interconnexion de réseaux sans fil. Il s'agit de la technologie GAN soutenue par le 3GPP, du protocole FMIP proposé par l'IETF et du standard IEEE 802.21. Notre choix se porte sur ce denier standard car il propose un cadre générique pour l'interopérabilité des réseaux. En fait, nous proposons une architecture satellitaire à base de WiMAX, DVB-RCS et IEEE 802.21 et nous décrivons aussi la procédure de handover WiMAX/DVB-RCS. Par ailleurs, nous améliorons les performances des réseaux WiMAX en utilisant un handover horizontal avec un mécanisme de réservation de ressources. Ensuite, le réseau WiMAX est intégré dans un système satellite DVB-RCS afin d'étudier les performances de cette convergence avec une réservation de ressources. Les résultats obtenus montrent que les mécanismes de réservation améliorent les performances. Afin de permettre au trafic de passer d'un réseau à l'autre en garantissant une qualité de service, une mise en correspondance de la qualité de service entre les réseaux WiMAX et DVB-RCS est proposée. En outre, nous proposons un mécanisme d'admission de connexion CAC dans le cadre de l'interconnexion WiMAX/DVB-RCS. Plusieurs stratégies sont prises en compte afin de permettre une coopérative efficace entre les deux systèmes. ABSTRACT : This PH.D thesis is based on the interworking and the quality of service in 4th generation mobile wireless networks. In particular, we propose solutions of integration between WiMAX networks and satellite systems (DVB-RCS). Three solutions can be considered for the interconnection of wireless networks: GAN technology supported by the 3GPP, FMIP protocol suggested by the IETF and the IEEE 802.21 standard. Our choice is focused on this last standard because it proposes a generic framework for the interworking of wireless networks. A procedure of handover WiMAX/DVB-RCS is then described. In addition, we improve the performance of WiMAX networks by using a horizontal handover with resource reservation mechanisms. Then, the WiMAX network is integrated in a DVB-RCS satellite system. The performance of this convergence with a resource reservation mechanism is studied. The obtained results show that the reservation mechanisms improve the performance of the system. In order to switch the traffic from one network to the other by guaranteeing an appropriate level of quality of service, a mapping of quality of service between WiMAX networks and DVB-RCS system is proposed. Moreover, we propose a Connection Admission Control (CAC) mechanism within the framework of the WiMAX/DVB-RCS interconnection. Several strategies are taken into account in order to allow an effective co-operative between the two system

An intelligent network selection mechanism for vertical handover decision in vehicular Ad Hoc wireless networks

The design of the Vehicular Ad-hoc Network (VANET) technology is a modern paradigm for vehicular communication on movement. However, VANET's vertical handover (VHO) decision in seamless connectivity is a huge challenge caused by the network topology complexity and the large number of mobile nodes that affect the network traffic in terms of the data transmission and dissemination efficiency. Furthermore, the conventional scheme only uses a received signal strength as a metric value, which shows a lack of appropriate handover metrics that is more suitable in horizontal handover compared to VHO. Appropriate VHO decisions will result in an increase in the network quality of service (QoS) in terms of delay, latency, and packet loss. This study aims to design an intelligent network selection to minimize the handover delay and latency, and packet loss in the heterogeneous Vehicle-to- Infrastructure (V2I) wireless networks. The proposed intelligent network selection is known as the Adaptive Handover Decision (AHD) scheme that uses Fuzzy Logic (FL) and Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) algorithms, namely F-SAW scheme. The AHD scheme was designed to select the best-qualified access point (AP) and base station (BS) candidates without degrading the performance of ongoing applications. The F-SAW scheme is proposed to develop a handover triggering mechanism that generates multiple attributes parameters using the information context of vertical handover decision in the V2I heterogeneous wireless networks. This study uses a network simulator (NS-2) as the mobility traffic network and vehicular mobility traffic (VANETMobiSim) generator to implement a topology in a realistic VANET mobility scenario in Wi-Fi, WiMAX, and LTE networks technologies. The proposed AHD scheme shows an improvement in the QoS handover over the conventional (RSS-based) scheme with an average QoS increased of 21%, 20%, and 13% in delay, latency and packet loss, while Media Independent Handover based (MIH-based) scheme with 12.2%, 11%, and 7% respectively. The proposed scheme assists the mobile user in selecting the best available APs or BS during the vehicles’ movement without degrading the performance of ongoing applications

Application signal threshold adaptation for vertical handoff in heterogeneous wireless networks,” ACM/Spring Mobile Networks

The convergence of heterogeneous wireless access technologies has been envisioned to characterize the next generation wireless networks. In such converged systems, the seamless and efficient handoff between different access technologies (vertical handoff) is essential and remains a challenging problem. The heterogeneous co-existence of access technologies with largely different characteristics results in handoff asymmetry that differs from the traditional intra-network handoff (horizontal handoff) problem. In the case where one network is preferred, the vertical handoff decision should be carefully executed, based on the wireless channel state, network layer characteristics, as well as application requirements. In this paper, we study the performance of vertical handoff using the integration of 3G cellular and wireless local area networks as an example. In particular, we investigate the effect of an application-based signal strength threshold on an adaptive preferred-network lifetime-based handoff strategy, in terms of the signallin