Performance evaluation of wireless cellular networks under more realistic assumptions

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 5, Issue 8, 2005, Pages 867-885

  Fang, Yuguang ^a,b  

^a University of Florida   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Call blocking probability; Mobility management; Performance evaluation; Wireless cellular networks

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; EVALUATION; PERFORMANCE; PROBABILITY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CALL BLOCKING PROBABILITY; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORKS;

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

EID: 29144468899     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.352     Document Type: Review

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