A user-centric analysis of vertical handovers

Proceedings of the Second ACM International Workshop on Wireless Mobile Applications and Services on WLAN Hotspots, WMASH 2004

Volumn , Issue , 2004, Pages 137-146

  Calvagna, Andrea ^a   Di Modica, Giuseppe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Handover; Seamless mobility; TCP; UDP; User satisfaction

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; FUZZY CONTROL; INTERNET; NETWORK PROTOCOLS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SIGNAL PROCESSING; USER INTERFACES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HANDOVER; SEAMLESS MOBILITY; TCP; UDP; USER SATISFACTION;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 11244340678     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1024733.1024751     Document Type: Conference Paper

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