Dynamic Load Balancing with Handover in Hybrid Li-Fi and Wi-Fi Networks

Journal of Lightwave Technology

Volumn 33, Issue 22, 2015, Pages 4671-4682

  Wang, Yunlu ^a   Haas, Harald ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EDINBURGH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Handover overhead; Hybrid network; Li Fi; Load balancing; VLC; Wi Fi

Indexed keywords

FEMTOCELL; LIGHT; LITHIUM; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THROUGHPUT; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION;

HANDOVER; HYBRID NETWORK; INDOOR ENVIRONMENT; SYSTEM THROUGHPUT; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; VLC; WI-FI ACCESS POINTS; WIRELESS FIDELITIES;

WI-FI;

EID: 84944401832     PISSN: 07338724     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JLT.2015.2480969     Document Type: Article

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