Solving the uncertainty of vertical handovers in multi-radio home networks

Computer Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 1122-1132

  Wang, Jing ^a   Venkatesha Prasad, R ^a   Niemegeers, I G M M ^a  

^a DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

60 GHz radio; Decision theory; Heterogeneous network; Markov decision process; Vertical handover

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ RADIO; HANDOVER; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK ENVIRONMENTS; HIGH QUALITY; HOME NETWORKS; LINE-OF-SIGHT; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; MULTI-RADIO; MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS; NETWORK CONDITION; VERTICAL HANDOVERS;

DECISION THEORY; DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; DOMESTIC APPLIANCES; GAME THEORY; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; LEGACY SYSTEMS; MARKOV PROCESSES; PERSONAL COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

DECISION MAKING;

EID: 77950862481     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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