Combined guard channel and mobile-assisted handoff for cellular networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 502-510

  Madan, B B ^a   Dharmaraja, S ^b   Trivedi, K S ^c  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

^c Duke University   (United States)

Author keywords

Cellular communications; Handoff; Markov chains; Wireless

Indexed keywords

BANDWIDTH; BASE STATIONS; BIT ERROR RATE; MARKOV PROCESSES; PROBABILITY; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

GUARD CHANNELS; MOBILE SWITCHING CENTER; MOBILE TERMINAL (MT); RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATOR (RSSI);

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 39549091764     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2007.904529     Document Type: Article

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