PISCATAWAY, N.J., USA, 6 February 2007 Wireless network devices
increasingly have the ability to choose among various air interfaces, such as
second and third generation cellular radio and those conforming to IEEE 802(R)
standards. To help such multimodal devices make optimal use of available radio
resources, the IEEE has begun to develop IEEE P1900.4(TM), “Architectural
Building Blocks Enabling Network-Device Distributed Decision Making for Optimized
Radio Resource Usage in Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks”.
This
new standard will address overall system architecture and information exchange
between a heterogeneous wireless access network and the devices that use it. It
will define the decision making process that allows devices to choose the best
radio resources available and use such resources simultaneously to improve the
overall capacity, spectral efficiency and quality of service of the composite
network.
IEEE P1900.4 is sponsored by the IEEE Communications Society and
the IEEE Electromagnetic Compatibility Society.
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