A locally optimal handoff Algorithm for cellular communications

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 46, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 603-609

  Veeravalli, Venugopal V ^a  

^a RICE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Handoff; Handover; Land mobile radio cellular systems

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DYNAMIC PROGRAMMING; SIGNAL DETECTION; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

HANDOFF; HANDOVER; RECEIVER OPERATING CHARACTERISTICS (ROC);

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0031210416     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.618185     Document Type: Article

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