• DocumentCode
    1334450
  • Title

    Evaluation of Scan and Association Process for Real-Time Communication in Mobile WiMAX

  • Author

    Tsao, Shiao-Li ; Chen, You-Lin ; Chang, Chia-Hsiang

  • Author_Institution
    Dept. of Comput. Sci., Nat. Chiao Tung Univ., Hsinchu, Taiwan
  • Volume
    9
  • Issue
    11
  • fYear
    2010
  • fDate
    11/1/2010 12:00:00 AM
  • Firstpage
    3320
  • Lastpage
    3323
  • Abstract
    One of the most important issues in offering real-time communication services in a mobile environment is support for seamless handover between base stations during a communication session. In Mobile WiMAX, a mobile station may have to perform a scan and association process before handover, but unfortunately, this scan and association process introduces service disruption. In this letter, we investigate the scan and association latency in Mobile WiMAX, and evaluate its performance through analytic models and simulations.
  • Keywords
    WiMax; mobile computing; mobile radio; real-time systems; association process; base stations; handover technique; mobile WiMAX; mobile station; real-time communication; scan process; Delay; Distance measurement; Mobile communication; Multiaccess communication; Real time systems; WiMAX; IEEE 802.16e; Mobile WiMAX; handover; scan and association;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    1536-1276
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/TWC.2010.091510.090619
  • Filename
    5585630