Utility-based intelligent network selection in beyond 3G systems

IEEE International Conference on Communications

Volumn 4, Issue , 2006, Pages 1831-1836

  Ormond, Olga ^a   Murphy, John ^a   Muntean, Gabriel Miro ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE DUBLIN   (Ireland)

^b DUBLIN CITY UNIVERSITY   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous wireless networks; Network selection decisions; User utility functions

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RISK ANALYSIS;

NETWORK SELECTION DECISIONS; USER UTILITY FUNCTIONS; WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 42549086392     PISSN: 05361486     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICC.2006.254986     Document Type: Conference Paper

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