A QoS and QoE collaborative scheme for effective network selection in 4G communication systems

4G communication systems provide a global communication standard for each and every communication facilities and internet and telecommunication service providers of the globe. The major attraction of 4G is the network selection policy which enables users to select services offered by the best of the various service providers. The main purpose of this paper is to discuss network selection in 4G systems. This paper discusses the method of network selection, need for special schemes and its benefits and shortcomings. In addition to that a proposal is made for a new collaborative method to select networks based on their Quality of Service (QoS) parameters and their Quality of Experience (QoE) in functioning in a heterogeneous environment of networks.