Handover anticipation in a hybrid GPON-WiFi network employing Fuzzy logic

Author

Mokarzel, Marcos Perez ; Rossi, Sandro Marcelo ; Pozzuto, João Ferramola ; Cesar, Amilcar Careli

Author_Institution

ICC (Inatel Competence Center), Inst. Nac. de Telecomun. (Inatel), Santa Rita do Sapucaí, Brazil

fYear

2011

fDate

Oct. 29 2011-Nov. 1 2011

Firstpage

385

Lastpage

389

Abstract

This paper shows a robust way to anticipate handover in a network composed by a GPON system operating as a backhaul of a WiFi network. We will show that this anticipation is necessary because, depending on the configuration, GPON needs some time to prepare its configuration to support the WiFi handover. In our method we use a combination of radio link and network qualities to provide users with the handoff required. As a result, we will show that it is possible to automatically anticipate the handover instant with time margin above the needs of GPON.

Keywords

mobility management (mobile radio); passive optical networks; radio links; wireless LAN; WiFi handover; fuzzy logic; handover anticipation; hybrid GPON-WiFi network; network quality; radio link; Bandwidth; IEEE 802.11 Standards; IP networks; Optical network units; Optical switches; Radio link; DBA; Fuzzy logic; WiFi handover; hybrid GPON WiFi networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Microwave & Optoelectronics Conference (IMOC), 2011 SBMO/IEEE MTT-S International

Conference_Location

Natal

ISSN

Pending

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-1662-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IMOC.2011.6169391

Filename

6169391