Performance evaluation of WLAN/cellular media access for mobile voice users under random mobility models

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 10, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 3241-3255

  Ali, Tariq ^a   Saquib, Mohammad ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Dallas   (United States)

Author keywords

RSSI; Vertical handover; WLAN cellular

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL RESULTS; CELLULAR MEDIA; HANDOVER DECISION; HETEROGENEOUS ENVIRONMENTS; MEDIA ACCESS; MEDIUM ACCESS; MOBILE TERMINAL; MULTI-MODAL; OUTAGE PROBABILITY; PERFORMANCE EVALUATION; RANDOM MOBILITY MODEL; RANDOM USER MOBILITY; REALISTIC SCENARIO; RECEIVED SIGNAL STRENGTH INDICATORS; RSSI; SELECTION METHODS; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; SIMULATION RESULT; STATIONARITY; VERTICAL HANDOVERS; VOICE USERS; WIRELESS ENVIRONMENT; WLAN/CELLULAR;

ALGORITHMS; MODELS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS LOCAL AREA NETWORKS (WLAN);

RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 80855147472     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2011.080311.100903     Document Type: Article

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