MaGMA: Mobility and Group Management Architecture
for Real-Time Collaborative Applications
Authors:
Nadav Lavi,
Israel Cidon,
and
Idit Keidar.
In Wiley Journal of Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing
(WCMC) 5(7),
Special Issue on Mobility, Paging, and Quality of
Service Management for Future Wireless Networks,
pages 749-772, November 2005.
Preliminary version in the 6th IFIP
IEEE International Conference on Mobile and Wireless Communication
Networks (MWCN), Paris, France, October 2004.
Abstract:
We introduce MaGMA, a Mobility and Group Management Architecture,
enabling real- time collaborative group applications such as
push-to-talk (PTT) for mobile user s. MaGMA provides, for the first
time, a comprehensive and scalable solution for group management,
seamless mobility, and quality-of-service (QoS). MaGMA is a
distributed IP-based architecture consisting of an overlay server
network deployed as part of the service infrastructure. MaGMA's
architecture consists of a collection of mobile group managers (MGMs),
which manage group membership and may also implement a multicast
overlay for data delivery. The architecture is very flexible, and can
co-exist with current as well as emerging wireless network
technologies. We see such services as essential components in
beyond-3G (B3G) networks. We propose two group management
approaches in the context of MaGMA. We devise protocols for both
approaches, evaluate both solutions using simulations, and validate
the results through mathematical analysis. Finally, we present a
proof-of-concept prototype implementation.
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MWCN 2004 paper:
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