A Simple Additive Weighting vertical handoff algorithm based on SINR and AHP for heterogeneous wireless networks

Dianzi Yu Xinxi Xuebao/Journal of Electronics and Information Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-239

  Liu, Sheng Mei ^a   Meng, Qing Min ^a   Pan, Su ^a   Mi, Zheng Kun ^a  

^a NANJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

AHP (Analytic Hierarchy Process); Heterogeneous wireless networks; SAW (Simple Additive Weighting); SINR (Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio); Vertical handoff

Indexed keywords

3RD GENERATION; ACCESS NETWORK; AHP (ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS); AVAILABLE BANDWIDTH; COMBINED EFFECT; DATA RATES; DECISION ELEMENT; DECISION MATRICES; DESIGN ISSUES; DROPPING PROBABILITY; EIGENVALUE METHODS; EQUIVALENT SINR; EXCELLENT PERFORMANCE; HANDOFF DECISION; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS ACCESS NETWORKS; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; IP BACKBONE; MATRIX; MULTI-ATTRIBUTES; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; SEAMLESS MOBILITY; SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE PLUS NOISE RATIO; SIMPLE ADDITIVE WEIGHTING; SINR (SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE PLUS NOISE RATIO); USER TRAFFICS; VERTICAL HANDOFF; VERTICAL HANDOFF ALGORITHMS; VERTICAL HANDOFF DECISION ALGORITHM; WEIGHT VECTOR;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYTIC HIERARCHY PROCESS; BANDWIDTH; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; TRAFFIC SIGNALS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 79952715911     PISSN: 10095896     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3724/SP.J.1146.2010.00154     Document Type: Article

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