PCS mobility management using the reverse virtual call setup algorithm

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 13-24

  I, Chih Lin ^a,c   Pollini, Gregory P ^b,c   Gitlin, Richard D ^a,c  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b TELCORDIA TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^c IEEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Mobility management; PCS; Personal communications; Reverse virtual call setup

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; PAGING SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

CELLULAR PAGING NETWORK; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; REVERSE VIRTUAL CALL SETUP (RVC) ALGORITHM;

PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031079051     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/90.554718     Document Type: Article

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