MULTINET: Enabler for Next Generation Pervasive Wireless Services

Pervasive services provided to the enterprise require from increased speed, performance, degree of personalization, ubiquitous access and reliability. 4G broadband wireless systems and multihoming technologies provide a working framework where such challenges could be met. In the context of a user driven broadband multimedia service and heterogeneous multiple-flow communication network supported system, this paper presents the MULTINET architecture as an enabler for next generation service delivery. The paper will discuss the main entities involved in the system, the main functionality supported and performance. The paper will also highlight initial architecture set-ups and evaluate benefits and drawbacks of the proposed configurations to meet the identified QoS requirements.