Energy-Efficient Vertical Handover Parameters, Classification and Solutions over Wireless Heterogeneous Networks: A Comprehensive Survey

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2017, Pages 1155-1184

  Tuysuz, Mehmet Fatih ^a   Trestian, Ramona ^b  

^a HARRAN UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b MIDDLESEX UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Vertical handover; Wireless heterogeneous networks

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO SYSTEMS;

ENERGY EFFICIENT; HANDOVER PROCESS; RADIO ACCESS TECHNOLOGIES; SPECIFIC INFORMATION; TERMINAL MOBILITY; VERTICAL HANDOVERS; WIRELESS HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK; WIRELESS NETWORKING;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 85021075038     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: 1572834X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11277-017-4559-7     Document Type: Review

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