Evaluation and improvement of vertical handoff algorithms in heterogeneous wireless networks

Ruan Jian Xue Bao/Journal of Software

Volumn 18, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1652-1659

  Liu, Min ^a,c   Li, Zhong Cheng ^a   Guo, Xiao Bing ^b   Zhang, De Kui ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTING TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b Lenovo Group Ltd   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous wireless network; Horizontal handoff; Performance evaluation; Vertical handoff

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DECISION ALGORITHMS; DWELLING TIMER BASED ALGORITHM; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; HORIZONTAL HANDOFF; HYSTERESIS BASED ALGORITHM; MOBILE NODE; MOTION MODEL; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SELF ADAPTIVE VERTICAL HANDOFF ALGORITHM (SAVA); SIMULATION;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 34547635994     PISSN: 10009825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/jos181652     Document Type: Article

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