Handoff in mobile WiMAX: Forced handoff scheme with load balancing in mobile WiMAX networks

Author

Hussain, Shiraz ; Zaidi, S.R. ; Dorsinville, Roger ; Ali, M.A. ; Ellinas, G.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., City Coll. of The City Univ. of New York, New York, NY, USA

fYear

2012

fDate

22-25 Oct. 2012

Firstpage

666

Lastpage

672

Abstract

Mobile WiMAX is a rapidly growing broadband access technology based on IEEE 802.16 suite of standards. Supporting fast and seamless handover is a key requirement for the implementation of an efficient mobility framework in WiMAX systems. The IEEE 802.16 standard defines only the handover management framework but does not specify any specific handover techniques. Thus, devising efficient handover techniques and mechanism are of utmost importance. This paper proposes and devises an efficient forced handover technique in mobile WiMAX to improve performance and capacity handling of base station.

Keywords

WiMax; mobility management (mobile radio); IEEE 802.16 standard; base station capacity handling; broadband access technology; efficient forced handover technique; forced handoff scheme; handover management framework; load balancing; mobile WiMAX networks; mobility framework; seamless handover; Base stations; Diversity reception; Handover; IEEE 802.16 Standards; Mobile communication; WiMAX; 4G; 802.16; Forced Handover; Handoff; Load Balance; Mobile WiMAX;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Local Computer Networks Workshops (LCN Workshops), 2012 IEEE 37th Conference on

Conference_Location

Clearwater, FL

Print_ISBN

978-1-4673-2130-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/LCNW.2012.6424048

Filename

6424048