Reliability, Survivability and Quality of Large Scale Telecommunication Systems: Case Study: Olympic Games

371 Pages·2003·5.86 MB·english

by  Peter Stavroulakis

RELIABILITY,
SURVIVABILITY
AND
QUALITY
OF
LARGE SCALE
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS

RELIABILITY,
SURVIVABILITY
AND
QUALITY
OF
LARGE SCALE
TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS
OLYMPIC GAMES
Case Study:
Edited by Professor Peter Stavroulakis
Technical University of Crete, Greece
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Contents
List of Contributors ix
Preface xiii
Acknowledgement xv
1 Introduction 1
2 Reliability 3
2.1 Introduction 3
2.2 Reliability of Emerging Internet-based Services 5
H. Elsambolchi, M. Daneshmand
2.3 Reliability Issues in IP over Photonic Networks 31
S. Arakawa, M. Murata
References 57
3 Survivability 61
3.1 Introduction 61
3.2 Key Issues in Survivable Cellular Systems 62
H. G. Sandalidis, P. Stavroulakis
3.3 Survivability in Wireless Mobile Networks 81
T. Dahlberg, D. Tipper, B. Cao, C. Charnsripinyo
References 114
4 Quality 119
4.1 Introduction 119
4.2 Quality of Service Mechanisms in Multimedia
Telecommunication Services 120
G. Rovithakis, A. G. Malamos, T. Varvarigou,
M. A. Christodoulou
4.3 QoS Metrics for Performance Assessment in Integrated
Terrestrial-Satellite Multimedia Systems 142
A. Iera, A. Molinaro
4.4 TCP/IP-based Protocols over Satellite Systems:
A Telecommunication Issue 167
M. Marchese
viii Contents
4.5 Outage Performance Considerations in Cellular Mobile
Radio Networks 199
G. K. Karagiannidis, S. A. Kotsopoulos
4.6 Signal to Interference and Noise Ratio in
Communication Systems as a Quality Measure 213
A. Sampath, D. R. Jeske
References 230
5 Applications 239
5.1 Introduction 239
5.2 Quality Wireless Broadband Home Networking 240
H. Zhang
5.3 A Reliable ATM Switch Design 269
Z. El-Saghir, A. Grzech
5.4 Quality of Service via an Optimal Routing Model 281
E. Aboelela, C. Douligeris
References 295
Appendix 303
A.1 Introduction 303
A.2 Telecommunications in the 1994 Winter Olympic Games 304
A.3 Telecommunications at the Nagano 1998 Winter Olympic Games 310
A.4 Telecommunications Delivery in the Sydney 2000 Olympic Games 323
A.5 The 2002 Salt Lake City Winter Games Telecommunications Challenge 335
A.6 Planning Telecommunications for the Athens 2004 Olympic Games 342
Index 351
List of Contributors
E. Aboelela
Computer Science Department
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth
285Old Westport Rd
N-Dartmouth, MA 02747, USA
S. Arakawa
Advanced Network ArchitectureResearch Group
Department ofInformaticsand MathematicalScience
GraduateSchoolof Engineering Science
Osaka University
1-3Machikaneyama, Toyonaka, Osaka 560-8531, Japan
B. Cao
Department ofComputer Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
C. Charnsripinyo
Department ofInformation Science and Telecommunications
University of Pittsburgh
135N. Bellefield Avenue
Pittsburgh, PA 15260, USA
M. A. Christodoulou
Department ofElectronicand Computer Engineering
Technical University of Crete
73100Chania, Crete, Greece
T. Dahlberg
Department ofComputer Science
University of North Carolina at Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 28223, USA
M. Daneshmand
AT&T Labs, Room E2-3D38
200LaurelAve
Middletown, NJ 07748, USA