An intelligent agent-based scheme for vertical handover management across heterogeneous networks

Annales des Telecommunications/Annals of Telecommunications

Volumn 66, Issue 9-10, 2011, Pages 583-602

  Ahmed, Atiq ^a   Merghem Boulahia, Leïla ^a   Gaïti, Dominique ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous wireless networks; Knowledge plane; Multi agent systems; Vertical handover

Indexed keywords

ACCESS POINTS; AGENT BASED; BROAD SPECTRUM; CELLULAR NETWORK; COOPERATIVE AGENTS; HANDOVER; HANDOVER DECISION; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; INTELLIGENT TECHNIQUES; KNOWLEDGE PLANE; MOBILE NODES; NETWORK OPERATOR; NEW APPLICATIONS; SEAMLESS CONNECTIVITY; SELECTION FUNCTION; SERVICE CONTINUITY; VERTICAL HANDOVERS;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; MOBILE AGENTS; MOBILE DEVICES; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 80855139848     PISSN: 00034347     EISSN: 19589395     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12243-010-0235-6     Document Type: Article

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