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An Adaptive Follow-Me Replication Scheme for Service Profile Management in Virtual Home Environment

가상 홈 환경에서 서비스 프로파일 관리를 위한 적응적 추종 중복 기법

  • Published : 2003.08.01
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Abstract

It is expected that per-user customized services are widely used in next generation Personal Communication Network. The ultimate goal for personalized service is the Virtual home Environment (VHE) providing ´same-look-and-feel´ services for the subscriber wherever he roams to. To provide personalized services for each call, per-user service profiles are frequently referenced, so efficient service profile management is essentially required. To realized the VHE, typically two schemes, can be employed; One is Intelligent Network based service control and the other is a full replication scheme that always replicates profile in user´s current zone. The first scheme is referred as Central scheme and th second scheme is the modified replication scheme of IMT-2000, we refer to as Follow-Me Replication Unconditional (FMRU). Since the Central scheme only depends on the service cal rate and the FMRU is merely dependent on the movement rate, it is apparent that FMRU scheme outperforms the Central scheme if the call to mobility ratio (CMR) is large, and vice versa. In this paper, we propose a new service profile replication schemes, Adaptive Follow-Me Replication (AFMR) that determine replication automatically according to the user´s CMR. We compared the performance of the AFMR with the non-adaptive Follow-Me Replication unconditional on Demand (FMRUD) scheme. Performance results indicate that as the CMR of a user changes AFMR adapts well compared to the existing schemes.

이동단말의 사용이 보편화 됨에 따라 통신 서비스의 개인화 및 맞춤화 요구가 증가하고 있다. 개인화 서비스의 궁극적인 목표는 사용자가 임의의 망으로 로밍해 가더라도 당초 가입한 서비스와 유사한 형태로(same look and feel) 서비스를 제공하는 가상 홈 환경의 실현에 있다. 가상 홈 환경에서는 개인의 서비스를 정의하는 서비스 프로파일의 관리가 필수 절차가 된다. 이러한 가상 흠 환경을 구현하기 위한 두 가지 방법은 가입자가 로밍하는 곳에 프로과일을 중복하여 방문망 내에서 서비스론 제공하는 무조건추종중복[Follow-Me Replication Unconditional(FMRU)] 기법과, 홈 망의 서비스시스템으로부터 서비스를 실행하는 중앙집중(Central) 기법으로, 전자는 call-to-mobiligy ratio(CMR)이 높은 가입자에게, 후자는 CMR이 낮은 가입자에게 적합하다. 그러나 해당 가입자가 어떤 경우에나 고정된 CMR을 갖는 것은 아니므로 평균적인 CMR로 위 두 기법을 선택하여 적용하는 것은 성능 저하의 문제가 있다. 본 논문에서는 가상 홈 환경에서 서비스 프로파일 관리를 위한 두 가지 기법을 구체화하고, FMRU를 개선한 요구기반 무조건추종중복[Follow-Me Replication Unconditional on-Demand(FMRUD)]기법을 제시하였다. 또한 가입자의 변화하는 CMR에 따라 자동적으로 두 기법을 선택하도록 하는 적응적 추종 중복[Adaptive Follow-Me Replication(AFMR)]기법을 제안하였으며 이들을 비교하였다. 반응 수식을 통한 성능분석 결과 프로파일 크기 관점에서 효율성을 판단하며 CMR 변화를 고려하는 AFMR이 더욱 높은성능을 가짐을 알 수 있다.

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