The UMTS base station router
- 9 March 2007
- journal article
- Published by Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) in Bell Labs Technical Journal
- Vol. 11 (4) , 93-111
- https://doi.org/10.1002/bltj.20198
Abstract
This paper reviews the Alcatel-Lucent Universal Mobile Telecommunications System (UMTS) base station router (BSR)—a radio access network (RAN) and core network (CN) in a single network element. While typical cellular UMTS networks are built from a plethora of network elements and are maintained in a hierarchical fashion, the BSR combines all functions of a radio access network and core network in a single network element. Moreover, the BSR can be considered a wireless edge router that bridges between cellular-specific wireless transmissions and IP networks. Integrating RAN functionality in a single network element presents the following technical advantages: improving the responsiveness (i.e., latency reductions), reducing the complexity, and improving the fault tolerance of the system. © 2007 Alcatel-Lucent.Keywords
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