A quality of service negotiation-based vertical handoff decision scheme in heterogeneous wireless systems

European Journal of Operational Research

Volumn 191, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 1059-1074

  Song, Qingyang ^a,b   Jamalipour, Abbas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

^b NORTHEASTERN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Handoff management; Heterogeneous networks; Quality management

Indexed keywords

DECISION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; QUALITY OF SERVICE;

HANDOFF MANAGEMENT; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; SEMI-MARKOV DECISION PROCESS (SMDP);

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 44649105113     PISSN: 03772217     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ejor.2007.07.011     Document Type: Article

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