Novel framework for proactive handover with seamless multimedia over WLANs

IET Communications

Volumn 5, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1204-1212

  Saxena, N ^a   Roy, A ^b  

^a Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

802.11 WIRELESS LAN; HANDOVER; HANDOVER PROCESS; LOW LATENCY; MULTIMEDIA APPLICATIONS; MULTIMEDIA TRANSMISSIONS; MULTIPLE ACCESS POINTS; PROACTIVE HANDOVER; QOS GUARANTEE; SEAMLESS HANDOVER; SERVICE DISRUPTIONS; SIMULATION STUDIES; STREAMING MULTIMEDIA; THROUGHPUT IMPROVEMENT;

JITTER;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 80053223424     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2010.0004     Document Type: Article

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