Performance of intersegment handover protocols in an integrated space/terrestrial-umts environment

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1179-1199

  Efthymiou, Nektaria ^a   Hu, Yim Fun ^a   Sheriff, Ray E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GENERIC RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS (GRAN); MOBILE ASSISTED HANDOVER (HO) SCHEMES; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS (UMTS);

MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0032208537     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/25.728507     Document Type: Article

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