Vertical handoffs in fourth-generation multinetwork environments

By J. Mcnair, Fangjun Zhu. IEEE wireless communications, 2004

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Subfields: Computer Networks and Communications, Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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An MDP-Based Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithm for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (2008, background): “The vertical handoff process involves three main phases [7], [8]: 1) system discovery; 2) vertical handoff decision; and 3) vertical handoff execution.”
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An overview of vertical handover decision strategies in heterogeneous wireless networks (2008, background): “In our paper, we mean by handover initiation the decision for the appropriate moment to initiate the handover and by network selection the decision for the most suitable access network.”
Comparison between Vertical Handoff Decision Algorithms for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks (2006, background): “Both QoS parameters and handoff metrics are required for vertical handoff decision [5].”
A survey of vertical handover decision algorithms in Fourth Generation heterogeneous wireless networks (2010, background): “A number of studies published earlier have surveyed VHD algorithms [28] [53] [41].”
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