Simulation of General Packet Radio Service Network

9/11/02


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Simulation of General Packet Radio Service Network

Road map

What is GSM?

GSM network

Data over GSM

Solution: GPRS

GPRS network

GPRS introduces two new nodes

Project goals

Why modeling and simulation?

OPNET tools

New OPNET node model

New packet format

New process model

Attach procedure

Attach procedure: accepted

Attach procedure: rejected

Activation procedure

Activation procedure: accepted

Activation procedure: rejected

GPRS model project view

Network configuration

Network configuration (cont.)

Simulation Scenario 1

Rejection in Attach

Rejection in Activation

Two classes of QoS: packet end-to-end delays

Two classes of QoS: Mobile Stations using the fast link

Two classes of QoS: Mobile Stations using the slow link

Simulation Scenario 2

Number of Attach messages

Signaling procedures processing time

Improvements

Conclusions

Conclusions (cont.)

References

Author: Ricky Ng and Ljiljana Trajkovic

Email: ljilja@sc.sfu.ca