An Intelligent Technique to Improve Quality of Service (QoS) in Multihomed Mobile Networks

Abstract

The usage of mobile network is significantly growing and it can be used in mobile platforms such as airplane, train, bus, car, etc. It is very useful for day-to-day activities of human beings. A mobile network can be connected to the Internet anywhere at anytime. But all these comforts depend on the technological aspects. The differences between the application demand and network performance are inevitable. These differences determine whether the Quality of Service (QoS) is met or not. There are different types of Internet applications and mobile network interfaces. The Internet applications are file transfer, telephony, video conferencing, etc. The QoS requirements will vary from one application to another application. The mobile network interfaces are GPRS, IEEE 802.11x, WiMAX, etc. The data rates will vary from one interface to another interface. This paper aims to propose an intelligent technique which forwards data packets via suitable network interface. The outcome of this paper greatly improves QoS in multihomed mobile network.