A survey on vertical handoff decision for heterogeneous wireless networks

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 i...

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Main Authors: Rong Chai, Wei-Guang Zhou, Qian-Bin Chen, Lun Tang
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
balancing algorithms
Cellular networks
Cost function
Educational institutions
Heterogeneous wireless networks
Hysteresis
Mobile ad hoc networks
multiple attributes decision making
Next generation networking
Resource management
Signal to noise ratio
vertical handoff
Wireless LAN
Wireless networks
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Summary: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.
DOI:10.1109/YCICT.2009.5382368