Vertical handoff decision algorithms for providing optimized performance in heterogeneous wireless networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 58, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 865-881

  Lee, SuKyoung ^a   Sriram, Kotikalapudi ^b   Kim, Kyungsoo ^c   Kim, Yoon Hyuk ^d   Golmie, Nada ^b  

^a Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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

^c Kyonggi University   (South Korea)

^d Kyung Hee University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

High availability; Intersystem handover; Load balancing; Mobility management; Quality of service (QoS) management; Seamless mobility; Simulation modeling; Vehicular ad hoc network (VANET); Vertical handoff (VHO); Wireless local area network (WLAN); Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX).

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTRIC BATTERIES; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; IEEE STANDARDS; INTEROPERABILITY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; WIMAX; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

HIGH AVAILABILITY; INTER-SYSTEM HANDOVER; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; SEAMLESS MOBILITY; VERTICAL HANDOFF;

VEHICULAR AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 61449087342     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2008.925301     Document Type: Article

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