A survey on handoffs - Lessons for 60 GHz based wireless systems

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 64-86

  Van Quang, Bien ^a   Prasad, R Venkatesha ^a   Niemegeers, Ignas ^a  

^a Delft University of Technology ^*  (Netherlands)

Author keywords

60 GHz; handoff issues; handoff procedure

Indexed keywords

60 GHZ; 60 GHZ BAND; COVERAGE AREA; DAILY LIVES; DATA RATES; HANDOFF ALGORITHMS; HANDOFF ISSUES; HANDOFF PROCEDURES; HIGHER FREQUENCIES; MOBILE TERMINAL; NETWORKS AND SYSTEMS; NEW HIGH; SIGNAL STRENGTHS; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS SYSTEMS;

FREQUENCY BANDS; MULTIMEDIA SERVICES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ALGORITHMS;

EID: 84857502921     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2011.101310.00005     Document Type: Article

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