This paper proposed a two-tier location management mechanism (TTLM) by improving the current registration mechanism (CR) in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The TTLM includes the visited network registration and t...This paper proposed a two-tier location management mechanism (TTLM) by improving the current registration mechanism (CR) in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The TTLM includes the visited network registration and the home network registration, in which the visited network registration is responsible for re-registration in IMS. When subscriber roams, the location information of home network will be updated by the visited network based on the change of user equipment (UE)' s IP address. Thereibre the TTLM can reduce the times of IMS registration signaling. Using the proposed analytical model, the performance of the CR and the proposed TTLM were investigated. After the performance analysis of CR and TTLM by using proposed analytical model, the cost of CR in IMS could significantly be reduced theoretically and also was proven by simulation experiments.展开更多
基金Supported by National Science Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars (No. 60525110 )National Basic Research Program of China (No.2007CB307100, 2007CB307103)+1 种基金Program for New Century Excellent Talents in University (No. NCET-04-0111 )Development Fund Project for Electronic and Information Industry (Mobile Service and Application System Based on 3G)
文摘This paper proposed a two-tier location management mechanism (TTLM) by improving the current registration mechanism (CR) in IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS). The TTLM includes the visited network registration and the home network registration, in which the visited network registration is responsible for re-registration in IMS. When subscriber roams, the location information of home network will be updated by the visited network based on the change of user equipment (UE)' s IP address. Thereibre the TTLM can reduce the times of IMS registration signaling. Using the proposed analytical model, the performance of the CR and the proposed TTLM were investigated. After the performance analysis of CR and TTLM by using proposed analytical model, the cost of CR in IMS could significantly be reduced theoretically and also was proven by simulation experiments.