Context-aware handover decision in an enhanced media independent handover framework

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 68, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 1633-1671

  Ghahfarokhi, Behrouz Shahgholi ^a   Movahhedinia, Naser ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

Author keywords

Context awareness; Handoff aware network context gathering; Media independent handover; Policy based networking; Rank aggregation

Indexed keywords

CONTEXT- AWARENESS; MEDIA INDEPENDENT HANDOVER; NETWORK CONTEXTS; POLICY BASED NETWORKING; RANK AGGREGATION;

COMPLEX NETWORKS; INFORMATION SERVICES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

INTEROPERABILITY;

EID: 84879684314     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-012-0543-4     Document Type: Article

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