A sensor-based seamless handover solution for express train access networks (ETANs)

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 470-472

  Hu, Guoqing ^a   Huang, Anpeng ^a   Chang, Tammy ^a   Cheng, Xiang ^a   Wu, Hequan ^a   Xie, Linzhen ^a   Xu, Anshi ^a   Chen, Zhangyuan ^a  

^a PEKING UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Express train access network (ETAN); handover; light sensor; optical switch unit; radio over fiber

Indexed keywords

A-TRAIN; ACCESS NETWORK; CELL RADIUS; CENTRAL STATIONS; EXPRESS TRAIN; FIBER ARCHITECTURE; HANDOVER; HANDOVER DECISION; LIGHT SENSOR; NETWORK CAPTURE; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; SEAMLESS HANDOVER; SENSOR TECHNOLOGIES; TRAIN MOVEMENT; WIRELESS SERVICES; WIRELESS SIGNALS;

INFORMATION SERVICES; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; OPTICAL SWITCHES; RADIO-OVER-FIBER;

WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

EID: 84862790709     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2012.030512.112580     Document Type: Article

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