Enabling vertical handover decisions in heterogeneous wireless networks: A state-of-the-art and a classification

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 776-811

  Ahmed, Atiq ^a   Boulahia, Leila Merghem ^b   Gaïti, Dominique ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BALOCHISTAN   (Pakistan)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE TECHNOLOGIE DE TROYES   (France)

Author keywords

Mobility Management; Network Convergence; Quality of Service; Vertical Handover Decision; Wireless Mobile Communication

Indexed keywords

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION; DECISION MAKING; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; INTEROPERABILITY; QUALITY OF SERVICE; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; NETWORK CONVERGENCE; NEXT-GENERATION NETWORKS (NGNS); QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE (QOE); VERTICAL HANDOVER DECISIONS; WIRELESS DATA NETWORKS; WIRELESS MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS;

NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84901241840     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2013.082713.00141     Document Type: Article

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