Utility Oriented Planning and Management of Multi Segment QoS based Robust Mobile Wireless Networks

We propose to develop a tool that will be used for the planning and management of QoS based mobile wireless networks. Our innovative techniques include: 1. Resources are allocated to aggregate classes of flows. 2. Significant performance advantage is gained by capitalizing on the availability of multiple communications transport segments and related routes. 3. A segment’s route may offer features that make it uniquely suitable for handling certain flows. They are measured by utility functions. The latter are aggregated to yield an overall measure of effectiveness. 4. We will develop management algorithms that provide for the joint routing and capacity allocations to be made for each flow class. Our models and methods will be applied to provide for failure, performance and topological planning and management operations for mobile wireless networks. 5. The proposed tool will include effective graphical user interfaces to define the underlying network system, traffic flows, and the per segment utility measures. Our combined mathematical and simulation based techniques enable the tool to carry out the planning process, and under each set of monitored network status conditions, to compute the required management actions and resource allocations, in realtime and in a highly effective manner.