Markov decision process-based adaptive vertical handoff with rss prediction in heterogeneous wireless networks

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Chang, Ben Jye ^a   Chen, Jun Fu ^b   Hsieh, Cheng Hsiung ^b   Liang, Ying Hsin ^c  

^a NATIONAL YUNLIN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^b CHAOYANG UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

^c NAN KAI UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Adaptive prediction; Heterogeneous wireless networks; Markov decision process; RSS; Vertical handoff

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE APPROACH; ADAPTIVE PREDICTION; CELLULAR COMMUNICATION; GRADE OF SERVICE; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORKS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; NUMERICAL RESULTS; OPTIMAL TARGET; POLYNOMIAL REGRESSION; SEAMLESS TRANSMISSIONS; TWO PHASIS; VERTICAL HANDOFF; VERTICAL HANDOFF ALGORITHMS;

ADAPTIVE ALGORITHMS; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; MARKOV PROCESSES; WIMAX;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 70349187153     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WCNC.2009.4917802     Document Type: Conference Paper

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