On the evolution of handoff management and network architecture in WiMAX

2007 IEEE Mobile WiMAX Symposium

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 144-149

  Hu, Rose Qingyang ^a   Paranchych, David ^a   Fong, Mo Han ^b   Wu, Geng ^a  

^a NORTEL NETWORKS   (United States)

^b NORTEL NETWORKS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Flat architecture; Handoff; Hierarchical architecture; MIMO; Mobility; OFDM; WiMAX

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

HIERARCHICAL ARCHITECTURE; MOBILE USERS; WIRELESS CONNECTIVITY;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 34547535422     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WIMAX.2007.348709     Document Type: Conference Paper

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