ABSTRACT
Recently there has been a proliferation of ubitiqious wireless devices that offer anytime and anywhere network access. However, there is an anomaly between the characteristics of wireless mobile networks and the wired infrastructure. The main characteristics of wireless mobile networks are relatively lower bandwidth, irregular connectivity, and higher error rates. On the other hand, w ired networks offer high bandwidth, steady connectivity, and very low error rates. Real-time applications that ar e quality of service (QoS) aware require special handling to over come the limitations of wireless mobile networks and the interconnection of wireless and wired networks to provide up-to-the-mark performance to the user. The only solution is the pr ovision and deployment of new and tailored services in wireless networks to meet user needs. Unfortunately, the current network infrastructure, which is fixed, cannot provide this solution, and introducing new protocols in the network requires a time-consuming standardization pr ocess.
