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See: http://amp.ece.cmu.edu/ECESeminar/
Prof. Tsuhan Chen, host, 2000 ECE Seminar Series
   
                            ECE Seminar Series

          ``Admission Control Algorithms for Cellular Architectures''

                                 Jon Peha
                           Associate Professor
                    Electrical and Computer Engineering
                        Carnegie Mellon University

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                         THURSDAY, APRIL 13, 2000
                                4:00 PM
                          Refreshments:  3:30 PM
                     Scaife Hall Auditorium, Room 125
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                                    Abstract

In a cellular architecture, the area covered by a wireless network is divided
into different cells, and each cell is served by a different wireless
transceiver. This talks discusses mechanisms to provide adequate quality
of service in a cellular architecture, whether the network covers a single
building or an entire nation. Admission control mechanisms block new calls
to a network when usage is high, reducing the likelihood of overload in any
cell. When a call is not blocked, the user can therefore expect good
performance throughout the call. Several known and novel admission
control algorithms will be presented. Algorithms are evaluated based on
two Quality of Service (QoS) metrics: the new call blocking probability,
which is the probability that a new call is denied access to the system, and
the forced-termination probability, which is the probability that a call that
has been admitted will be terminated prior to the callUs completion. The
relative advantages and disadvantages of these approaches will be
discussed.

                                      Bio

Jon M. Peha is an Associate Professor at Carnegie Mellon University, jointly
in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and the
Department of Engineering and Public Policy. He also maintains an active
consulting practice, working for computer and telecommunications
companies, consulting and patent law firms, and government agencies in
the US and abroad. His works spans technical, economic, and policy
issues of computer and telecommunications networks, including telephony,
Internet, cellular, PCS (wireless), cable TV, and ATM. Professor Peha is
working with the Telecommunications Subcommittee of the House
Commerce Committee in the US Congress through December 1999. As a
Fellow of the AAAS, Professor Peha has worked with the U.S. Agency for
International Development, the State Department, the Federal
Communications Commission, and the Department of Commerce to launch a
new program to help developing countries with their telecommunications
and Internet infrastructure and related policies. Former employers include
SRI International, AT&T Bell Laboratories , South Thames College, and
Microsoft . He received M.S. and Ph.D. degrees from Stanford University in
Electrical Engineering with a minor in Computer Science, a Diploma from
Jagiellonian University , and a B.S. Engineering / B.A. Computer Science
from Brown University. Professor Peha is a Senior Member of the IEEE
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers), a Congressional Fellow of
the IEEE, a Diplomacy Fellow of the AAAS (American Association for the
Advancement of Science), and a former voting member of the American
National Standards Institute's committee on FDDI. Other memberships
include the Tau Beta Pi engineering honors society , Sigma Xi scientific
honors society , the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery), the PCIA
(Personal Communications Industry Association), and the ASEE (American
Society for Engineering Education).