A combined vertical handover decision metric for QoS enhancement in next generation networks

WiMob 2009 - 5th IEEE International Conference on Wireless and Mobile Computing Networking and Communication

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 233-238

  Vegni, Anna Maria ^a   Tamea, Gabriele ^b   Inzerilli, Tiziano ^b   Cusani, Roberto ^b  

^a ROMA TRE UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Data rate gain; Mobility management; Vertical handover; VHO frequency

Indexed keywords

DATA RATES; DECISION CRITERIONS; END-USERS; GAIN PARAMETER; MOBILE USERS; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; NEXT GENERATION NETWORK; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH; SEAMLESS ROAMING; SERVICE CONTINUITY; SIGNAL-TO-INTERFERENCE AND NOISE RATIOS; SIMULATION RESULT; VERTICAL HANDOVERS; WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS;

COMPUTER SCIENCE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GLOBAL SYSTEM FOR MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INTERNET; MOBILE COMPUTING; NETWORK PERFORMANCE; RADIO SYSTEMS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SYSTEMS ENGINEERING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 72849109161     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/WiMob.2009.47     Document Type: Conference Paper

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