The strategy of reducing the location update traffic using forwarding pointers in virtual layer architecture

摘要

The strategy of location updating is a critical issue for tracking the current locations of users in wireless networks. Especially when the mobile user is located near the boundaries of networks, the signaling traffic of the location updating will be excessively excited. In this paper, we shall propose a newly developed scheme for reducing both the location updating rate and location updating cost. The new scheme employs forwarding pointers in the virtual layer architecture. The forwarding pointer is a useful tool to get rid of the registrations at the HLR, and thus the location updating cost can be reduced. The virtual layer architecture is efficient in lowering the high updating rate of the current location when a user moves around the boundaries of the Location Area (LA). Our scheme can significantly reduce the location updating traffic.