Signal threshold adaptation for vertical handoff in heterogeneous wireless networks

Mobile Networks and Applications

Volumn 11, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 625-640

  Zahran, Ahmed ^a   Liang, Ben ^a   Saleh, Aladdin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

^b BELL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

3G cellular; Application signal strength threshold; Heterogeneous wireless networks; Seamless integration; Vertical handoff; Wireless LAN

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; OPTIMIZATION; PROBLEM SOLVING; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

3G CELLULAR; APPLICATION SIGNAL STRENGTH THRESHOLD; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS; SEAMLESS INTEGRATION; VERTICAL HANDOFF; WIRELESS LAN;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 33745433785     PISSN: 1383469X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11036-006-7326-7     Document Type: Article

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