Open AccessRoadmap for Establishing Interoperability of Heterogeneous Cellular Network Technologies -2-
Author(s) -
Hasni Neji,
Ridha Bouallègue
Publication year - 2012
Publication title -
journal of signal and information processing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2159-4465
pISSN - 2159-4481
DOI - 10.4236/jsip.2012.33053
Subject(s) - cellular network , umts frequency bands , computer science , interoperability , ontology , focus (optics) , domain (mathematical analysis) , telecommunications , world wide web , mathematical analysis , philosophy , physics , mathematics , epistemology , optics
The global project will focus on an eventual establishment of a holistic understanding of cellular communication, and proposing an ontological approach that expresses the domain’s concepts, classes, and properties in a formal and unambiguous way. However, this ongoing step is about making heterogeneous network technologies explicit and highlighting their commonalities and variabilities. It begins by studying three different cellular technologies, one from each generation (2G, 3G and 4G). After the analysis of Lte-advanced—a fourth generation technology—subject of the first paper [1], Universal Mobile Telecommunication System (UMTS) cellular network—a third generation technology—is the target of this current analysis. The final objective sought is to build Ontology capable of providing a common view of cellular network technologies