A network-layer soft handoff approach for mobile wireless IP-based systems

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 630-642

  Hamdaoui, Bechir ^a   Ramanathan, Parameswaran ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

Author keywords

Hard handoff; Mobile IP networks; Multiple descriptions; Network capacity; Packet error rate (PER); Soft handoff; Wireless systems

Indexed keywords

BIT ERROR RATE; INTERNET; PACKET NETWORKS; SIGNAL RECEIVERS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HARD HANDOFF; MOBILE IP NETWORKS; MULTIPLE DESCRIPTIONS; NETWORK CAPACITY; PACKET ERROR RATE (PER); SOFT HANDOFF;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 2542486411     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2004.825986     Document Type: Article

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