Performance evaluation of e-commerce requests in wireless cellular networks

Information and Software Technology

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2006, Pages 393-401

  Awan, Irfan ^a   Singh, Suhani ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRADFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

e commerce; Performance evaluation; Wireless handover mechanism

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; QUEUEING NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INTERACTIVE BROADBAND SERVICES; MEAN RESPONSE TIME; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; WIRELESS HANDOVER MECHANISM;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 33646509664     PISSN: 09505849     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infsof.2005.12.017     Document Type: Article

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