Efficient vertical handover scheme for heterogeneous VLC-RF systems

Journal of Optical Communications and Networking

Volumn 7, Issue 12, 2015, Pages 1172-1180

  Wang, Fang ^a   Wang, Zhaocheng ^a   Qian, Chen ^a   Dai, Linglong ^a   Yang, Zhixing ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heterogeneous wireless networks; Markov decision process (MDP); Vertical handover (VHO) scheme; Visual light communication (VLC)

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; LIGHT; MARKOV PROCESSES; RADIO SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION LINKS;

HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; HIGH DATA RATE TRANSMISSION; INDOOR COMMUNICATIONS; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; OPTICAL WIRELESS CHANNELS; VERTICAL HANDOVERS; VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC); VISUAL LIGHT COMMUNICATIONS (VLC);

VISIBLE LIGHT COMMUNICATION;

EID: 84973301066     PISSN: 19430620     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/JOCN.7.001172     Document Type: Article

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