A context-aware handover decision based on user perceived quality of service trigger

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 723-741

  Ghahfarokhi, Behrouz Shahgholi ^a   Movahhedinia, Naser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

context awareness; fuzzy petri nets; media independent handover; policy based networking; user perceived quality of service

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT- AWARENESS; FUZZY PETRI NETS; MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER; POLICY BASED NETWORKING; USER PERCEIVED QUALITY OF SERVICE;

DECISION MAKING; FUZZY SYSTEMS; INTEROPERABILITY; JITTER; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PETRI NETS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES; USER INTERFACES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

QUALITY CONTROL;

EID: 79958783448     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: 15308677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.854     Document Type: Article

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