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A Novel Multiple Attributes Decision Making Approach For Multimedia Session Selection

Authors:
Tein-Yaw Chung
Ibrahim Mashal
Fong-Ching Yuan
Yuan-Hao Chiang
Osam Alsaryrah

Keywords: 4G; ABC; ABNC; MADM; AHP; SAW.

Abstract:
The fourth generation (4G) network integrates various access technologies, such as UMTS, WiMAX, and WLAN. In the 4G environment, a handset with multiple interfaces can switch among access networks to achieve ubiquitous service. However, how to select the best access network is critical for users to obtain their preferred services. In the past, Always Best Network Connection (ABNC) has been presented to select an access network based on properties of communication session, which is composed of both source and destination access networks. Nevertheless, ABNC fails to consider current multimedia services, which require an end-to-end bandwidth much larger than that of voice sessions and media types, such as voice, video, and data. In this paper, an extension to ABNC is presented to support multimedia services by exploiting parallel paths between multimode handsets. We formulated the problem as a Multiple Attributes Decision Making (MADM) hierarchy with a utility-based media assignment and utilized a hybrid Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Simple Additive Weighting (SAW) scheme to solve the problem. Finally, an example is illustrated to show how the scheme works.

Pages: 158 to 163

Copyright: Copyright (c) IARIA, 2013

Publication date: July 21, 2013

Published in: conference

ISSN: 2308-4529

ISBN: 978-1-61208-283-7

Location: Nice, France

Dates: from July 21, 2013 to July 26, 2013