A terminal-controlled vertical handover decision scheme in IEEE 802.21-enabled heterogeneous wireless networks

International Journal of Communication Systems

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 819-834

  Wu, Jung Shyr ^a   Yang, Shun Fang ^a,b   Hwang, Bor Jiunn ^c  

^a NATIONAL CENTRAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b CHUNGHWA TELECOM CO LTD   (Taiwan)

^c MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Handover decision; media independent handover (mIH); Heterogeneous wireless networks; Multiple attributes decision making (mADM)

Indexed keywords

CONNECTIVITY SERVICES; HANDOVER; HANDOVER DECISION; HANDOVER DECISION MEDIA-INDEPENDENT HANDOVER (MIH); HANDOVER TIME; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS; IEEE802.21; INTERNETWORKING; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES DECISION MAKING; MULTIPLE ATTRIBUTES DECISION MAKING (MADM); PERCEIVED QOS; RADIO INTERFACE; SEAMLESS HANDOVER; SIMULATION RESULT; UBIQUITOUS ACCESS; VERTICAL HANDOVERS; WIMAX NETWORKS; WIRELESS FIDELITIES; WIRELESS METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS;

DECISION MAKING; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; METROPOLITAN AREA NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO SYSTEMS; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WI-FI; WIMAX; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS;

EID: 68049116730     PISSN: 10745351     EISSN: 10991131     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/dac.996     Document Type: Article

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