Vertical handoff decision algorithm providing optimized performance in heterogeneous wireless networks

GLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 5164-5169

  Lee, SuKyoung ^a   Sriram, Kotikalapudi ^c   Kim, Kyungsoo ^b   Lee, JongHyup ^a   Kim, YoonHyuk ^b   Golmie, Nada ^c  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

^b Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF STANDARDS AND TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECISION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS; MOBILE NODES (MNS); VERTICAL HANDOFF DECISION ALGORITHM; WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORK;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 39349114767     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOM.2007.979     Document Type: Conference Paper

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