An enhanced handover scheme for mobile relays in LTE-A high-speed rail networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 64, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 743-756

  Pan, Meng Shiuan ^a   Lin, Tzu Ming ^b,c   Chen, Wen Tsuen ^b,d  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b NATIONAL TSING HUA UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^c INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

^d INSTITUTE OF INFORMATION SCIENCE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Handover; high speed rail; Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE A); measurement; mobile relay

Indexed keywords

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); MEASUREMENTS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION; STANDARDS;

COMMUNICATION SERVICE; COORDINATE CONTROL; HANDOVER; HIGH SPEED RAIL; HIGH SPEED RAIL NETWORK; MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES; MOBILE RELAYS; SECOND PROCEDURES;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84923250416     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2014.2322374     Document Type: Article

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