Handoff management with mobility estimation in hierarchical systems

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 51, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 915-934

  Iera, Antonio ^a   Molinaro, Antonella ^b   Marano, Salvatore ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY MEDITERRANEA OF REGGIO CALABRIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CALABRIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Handoff; Hierarchal systems; Mobility

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; PROBABILITY; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

HANDOFF MANAGEMENT; MOBILITY ESTIMATION;

HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS;

EID: 0036766638     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2002.801544     Document Type: Article

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