IEEE Standard for Architectural Building Blocks Enabling Network‐Device Distributed Decision Making for Optimized Radio Resource Usage in Heterogeneous Wireless Access Networks

The IEEE standard defines the building blocks comprising network resource managers, device resource managers, and the information to be exchanged between the building blocks, for enabling coordinated network‐device distributed decision making that will aid in the optimization of radio resource usage, including spectrum access control, in heterogeneous wireless access networks. This chapter presents overall system description of IEEE Std 1900.4, comprising system overview, summary of use cases, and assumptions. It specifies IEEE Std 1900.4 requirements, comprising system requirements, functional requirements, and information model requirements. The chapter defines IEEE Std 1900.4 architecture and information model, describing IEEE Std 1900.4 procedures. It describes presents examples of deployment of IEEE 1900.4 entities in heterogeneous wireless environment. The chapter provides data type definitions for the IEEE Std 1900.4 information model. It also lists normative references and informative references related to IEEE Std 1900.4.