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DYNAMIC NEIGHBOUR TRUST INFORMATION RETRIEVAL FOR GLOBAL ROAMING<br />

The mobile user that is <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the NTC retrieval and distribution may work <strong>in</strong> two<br />

different operation modes: Active Operation Mode (AOM) or Power Save Mode (PSM).<br />

The former refers to as the state of a mobile term<strong>in</strong>al that carries an active connection.<br />

The latter denotes the state, <strong>in</strong> which a mobile term<strong>in</strong>al’s transmit and receive (RxTx)<br />

activities are reduced to save energy consumption. Accord<strong>in</strong>gly, two NTC retriev<strong>in</strong>g<br />

implementation methods correspond<strong>in</strong>g to the two different operation modes were<br />

proposed. The proposed schemes are expected to be applied for different application<br />

scenarios rather than a contender to each other.<br />

4.4.1 Active Operation Mode NTC<br />

Mobile users work<strong>in</strong>g <strong>in</strong> active operation mode can get <strong>in</strong>volved <strong>in</strong> the NTC retrieval<br />

and distribution process when perform<strong>in</strong>g handover. In this thesis, this process is<br />

referred to as the Active Operation Mode NTC (AOMN). Network operator can def<strong>in</strong>e<br />

its own policies to specify how its NTC data with a certa<strong>in</strong> network should be updated<br />

as its subscribers roam to that network. In this case, the network operator reactively<br />

triggers the NTC process when its AAA servers are process<strong>in</strong>g handover requests.<br />

Apart from <strong>in</strong>itiat<strong>in</strong>g the NTC process reactively along with a handover, the network<br />

operator can select and request its subscribers to perform handover for trigger<strong>in</strong>g the<br />

NTC process actively. For example, a network operator may <strong>in</strong>struct one of its<br />

subscribers carry<strong>in</strong>g low priority services, e.g. web brows<strong>in</strong>g, to switch to another<br />

network so as to collect and distribute the NTC data. The AOMN process can be called<br />

either when no NTC data for an area is available or the NTC data for that area has<br />

expired. Instead of select<strong>in</strong>g a network based on the rule of “always best connected”<br />

[34], the mobile users be<strong>in</strong>g selected for mak<strong>in</strong>g the AOMN would sacrifice their QoS<br />

to discover the neighbour’s trust pattern.<br />

The AOMN process is quite similar to a standard handover except hav<strong>in</strong>g two<br />

additional NTC distribution steps as shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 4.4. The signall<strong>in</strong>g cost of the<br />

AOMN consists of two parts: 1) the signall<strong>in</strong>g cost related to a mobile’s standard<br />

handover, which results <strong>in</strong> the NTC data retrieved. 2) the signall<strong>in</strong>g cost related to the<br />

NTC distribution follow<strong>in</strong>g a handover. The parameters to be used to represent each<br />

procedure are shown <strong>in</strong> Figure 4.2.<br />

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