Title :
A survey on vertical handoff decision for heterogeneous wireless networks
Author :
Chai, Rong ; Zhou, Wei-Guang ; Chen, Qian-bin ; Tang, Lun
Author_Institution :
Coll. of Commun. & Inf. Eng., Chongqing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Chongqing, China
Abstract :
Different kinds of wireless access systems will be integrated in next generation network. To support seamless mobility between these heterogeneous wireless access networks, efficient and reliable vertical handoff schemes are required. In this paper, a survey on vertical handoff decision algorithms is given and the algorithms are described, analyzed and compared. In the end, major existing problems and future research direction are discussed.
Keywords :
mobility management (mobile radio); radio access networks; heterogeneous wireless access networks; next generation network; seamless mobility; vertical handoff decision algorithms; Cellular networks; Cost function; Educational institutions; Hysteresis; Mobile ad hoc networks; Next generation networking; Resource management; Signal to noise ratio; Wireless LAN; Wireless networks; Heterogeneous wireless networks; balancing algorithms; multiple attributes decision making; vertical handoff;
Conference_Titel :
Information, Computing and Telecommunication, 2009. YC-ICT '09. IEEE Youth Conference on
Conference_Location :
Beijing
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5074-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-5076-3
DOI :
10.1109/YCICT.2009.5382368
