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An Integrated Model to Design PCS Networks

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An integrated model is proposed that comprises essentially, an Enhanced Profile-Based Strategy (EPBS) for small-scale roaming and a Caching Two-Level Forwarding Pointer (C2LFP) strategy for large-scale roaming. The idea behind the integrated model is how those two location management solutions are applied, and what is the suitable approach to specify the physical parameters of PCS networks from mobility management’s point of view so that our solutions can be more cost effective for location management. An evolutionary method, using a constrained Genetic Algorithm (GA) has been used to achieve network parameters optimization. For convenience, we selected the underlying planning problem with an appropriate set of parameters so that it can be treated, in what follows, both genetically and analytically. Thus one can easily verify the accuracy and efficiency of the evolutionary solution that would be obtained from the genetic algorithm. For more realistic environments, GA could be used reliably to build up sophisticated models that integrate the small-scale and large-scale roaming parameters of PCS networks. The results that have been obtained from a case study are presented in order to provide a deep explanation for the proposed integration approach.

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    Salah M. Ramadan, Mahmoud Marie & Mohamed Zaki

  2. Cairo University, Cairo, Egypt

    Ahmed El Sherbini

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Salah M. Ramadan (samohra@yahoo.com) received the BS and MS degrees from Computers Engineering Department, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt, in 1995 and 2002, respectively. From 2002, he was a PhD student in Computers Engineering Department at Al-Azhar University and is currently pursuing the PhD degree, where he is a research assistant in the Wireless Networks Branch. His research interests include traffic management in ATM networks, routing protocols, mobility management in PCS networks, and mobile computing. He is currently an instructor in Cisco Academy, Egypt.

Ahmed M. El-Sherbini (Sherbini@mcit.gov.eg) received the Ph.D. in Electrical and Communication Engineering, Case Western University, U.S.A. March 1983 and M.Sc. in Communication Engineering, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt, June 1980. (M.Sc. Research Studies at the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Telecommunications (ENST), Paris, France) He is the Director, National Telecommunication Institute – Ministry of Communications and Information Technology, Egypt and Professor of Electrical and Communication Engineering Dept. Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Egypt.

M. I. Marie(azhar@mailer.scu.eun.eg) received his B.Sc, M.Sc and PhD in electronic and communication engineering from Cairo University on 1972, 1981, 1985, respectively. Now he is a professor of communications at Computer and System Engineering Department Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt. His fields of interest includes digital communication, computer networks and protocols development.

M. Zaki is the professor of software engineering, Computer and System Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Al-Azhar University at Cairo. He received his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees in electrical engineering from Cairo University in 1968 and 1973 respectively. He received his Ph.D. degrees in computer engineering from Warsaw Technical University, Poland in 1977. His fields of interest include artificial intelligence, soft computing, and distributed system.

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Ramadan, S.M., Sherbini, A.E., Marie, M. et al. An Integrated Model to Design PCS Networks. Wireless Pers Commun 41, 19–41 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11277-006-9126-6

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