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Dimensioning and optimization of push‐to‐talk over cellular server
Author(s) -
Alam M. T.,
Wu Z. D.
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
international journal of network management
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.373
H-Index - 28
eISSN - 1099-1190
pISSN - 1055-7148
DOI - 10.1002/nem.652
Subject(s) - computer science , session (web analytics) , dimensioning , computer network , timer , controller (irrigation) , lagrange multiplier , real time computing , telecommunications , mathematical optimization , wireless , agronomy , mathematics , world wide web , engineering , biology , aerospace engineering
Abstract The PoC (push‐to‐talk over cellular) application allows point‐to‐point or point‐to‐multipoint voice communication between mobile network users. The related work over PoC focuses on the performance analysis only and is ignorant about dimensioning a PoC controller to optimize revenue for service providers. In this paper, we dimension a PoC service with the assumption that the network grade of service is provided. The on‐demand sessions should have access priority over pre‐established sessions. A PoC controller should be able to terminate a PoC session based on an optimal timer. Moreover, the number of simultaneous session initiations by a PoC client is also a configurable parameter. We derived relations to provide access priority to special PoC sessions based on available transmit/receive units (TRU) and threshold level. Load sharing expressions are reported for a PoC controller using the Lagrange multiplier technique. A simple relation to control the PoC session timer is proposed. Finally, the derivation of maximum number of allowable simultaneous sessions is depicted using two‐state Markov models. Numerical results have been computed with the corresponding derivation to provide a useful insight into the system behaviour. A PoC service can benefit from these optimal values of our work during the busy hour. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.