Supporting highly mobile users in cost-effective decentralized mobile operator networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 63, Issue 7, 2014, Pages 3381-3396

  Taleb, Tarik ^a   Samdanis, Konstantinos ^a   Ksentini, Adlen ^b  

^a NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE RENNES 1   (France)

Author keywords

4G mobile connection; Cellular networks; markov chains; mobile radio mobility management; QoS

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND NETWORKS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; COST EFFECTIVENESS; GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS); MARKOV PROCESSES; QUALITY OF SERVICE; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CELLULAR NETWORK; HANDOVER MANAGEMENT; HISTORY INFORMATIONS; MOBILE CONNECTION; MOBILE DATA TRAFFIC; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT SCHEME; NETWORK FUNCTIONS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84907200706     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2299633     Document Type: Article

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