Advanced strategies must be developed to provide applications based on packet services in 3G mobile systems. The article presents a tool, UMTS radio access emulator, to evaluate the radio access impact in packet services based applications within a UMTS context. The tool architecture is described in detail and the trials that can be performed are explained. Some results are also shown.
['Anna Umbert', 'Pilar Diaz']
URAE: a tool to analyse packet services based applications in UMTS