Modeling steady-state and transient behaviors of user mobility: Formulation, analysis, and application

Proceedings of the International Symposium on Mobile Ad Hoc Networking and Computing (MobiHoc)

Volumn 2006, Issue , 2006, Pages 85-96

  Lee, Jong Kwon ^a   Hou, Jennifer C ^b  

^a IBM Korea   (South Korea)

^b University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign   (United States)

Author keywords

Load balacing algorithm; Location prediction; Mobility model; Semi Markov process; WLAN

Indexed keywords

LOAD BALACING ALGORITHMS; LOCATION PREDICTION; MOBILITY MODEL; SEMI-MARKOV PROCESSES; WLAN;

COMPUTER SIMULATION; CORRELATION METHODS; MARKOV PROCESSES; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

LOCAL AREA NETWORKS;

EID: 33748055433     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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