Vertical handoff decision algorithm for improved quality of service in heterogeneous wireless networks

IET Communications

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 211-223

  Singhrova, A ^a   Prakash, N ^b  

^a DEENBANDHU CHHOTU RAM UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b GURU GOBIND SINGH INDRAPRASTHA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AVERAGE NUMBERS; CLASSICAL TECHNIQUES; END POINTS; FUZZY APPROACH; FUZZY TECHNIQUES; HANDOFF SCHEME; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; NEURO-FUZZY; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PING-PONG EFFECT; QUALITY INDICATORS; QUALITY OF SERVICES (QOS); SEAMLESS MOBILITY; SERVICE AVAILABILITY; SIMULATED ENVIRONMENT; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING ENVIRONMENT; VERTICAL HANDOFF; VERTICAL HANDOFF DECISION ALGORITHM; WIRELESS TECHNOLOGIES;

ALGORITHMS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; UBIQUITOUS COMPUTING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS;

EID: 84858111377     PISSN: 17518628     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1049/iet-com.2010.0820     Document Type: Article

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