Heterogeneous Networking: An Enabling Paradigm for Ubiquitous Wireless Communications [Point of View]
Heterogeneous Networking: An Enabling Paradigm for Ubiquitous Wireless Communications [Point of View]
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10.1109/jproc.2009.2037213
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2010-01
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J. Akhtman;L. Hanzo
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作者：
J. Akhtman;L. Hanzo
人们普遍认为，无线通信领域技术进步的长期目标是实现个人之间以及大量现存和未来的普适设备之间无处不在的连接，这些设备日益渗透到我们的环境中。在此背景下，目前占主导地位的蜂窝网络（分别是城域网、局域网和个人区域网的组合）以及新兴的移动自组织网络（MANET）架构，是成为系统范式角色的两个主要竞争者，这将有助于实现无处不在的无线网络。在此背景下，我们认为，为了达到所需的集成度、性能和效率水平，未来的电信技术可能需要从人类社会自身的结构特征中获取线索。相应地，在本文中，我们将考虑社会构成的一些相关方面，这些方面可能为确定进一步技术进步的有希望的途径提供关键线索。更具体地说，在本文中我们探讨异构无线网络的原理，它由经典蜂窝网络和自组织网络拓扑结构融合而成。具体而言，我们认为异构网络继承了上述两种架构至关重要的互补特性，因此有可能达到未来无线通信所需的性能和效率水平。
It is a widely accepted notion that the long-term aim of the technological progress in the field of wireless communications is constituted by the provision of ubiquitous connectivity between individuals, as well as a multiplicity of existing and future pervasive devices which increasingly permeate our environment. In this context the currently dominant cellular (a combination of metropolitan, local, and personal area networks-MANs, LANs, and PANs, respectively), as well as the emerging mobile ad hoc network (MANET) architectures constitute the two major contenders for the role of systemic paradigm, which would facilitate the realization of ubiquitous wireless networking. Against this background, we would like to maintain that in order to achieve the required level of integration, performance and efficiency, the future telecommunications technology may have to infer cues from the structural characteristics of the human society itself. Correspondingly, in this paper we would like to consider some of the relevant aspects of the societal constitution, which may hold crucial clues to identifying the promising avenues towards further technological advancement. More specifically, in this paper we explore the principle of heterogeneous wireless networking, constituted by the fusion of classic cellular and ad hoc network topologies. Specifically, we would like to maintain, that the heterogeneous network inherits the vital complementary characteristics of both aforementioned architectures, and thus has the potential of attaining the levels of performance and efficiency required by the future wireless communications.