Dependability Issues in Radio Resource Management of Wireless Systems

This paper focuses on resource management and mobility support in multiple radio environments. The emphasis is on dependability issues, which unavoidably need to be addressed to some extent to cope with malfunctions in such complex environment. With reference to the European project CAUTION++, which aims to build a capacity and network management platform for increased utilization of present and future wireless systems, dependability requirements, as well as means to help designing and verifying that such dependability requirements are fulfilled, are here discussed.