A survey of vertical handover decision algorithms in Fourth Generation heterogeneous wireless networks

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The Internet of Things vision: Key features, applications and open issues (2014, background): “Therefore, designing effective mechanisms for guaranteeing seamless handovers among these technologies is a very important and hot research issue [93,94] that is triggering intense research activities [94–98].”
Improved Handover Through Dual Connectivity in 5G mmWave Mobile Networks (2016, background): “The survey in [26] presents multiple vertical handover decision algorithms that are essential for heterogeneous wireless networks, while”
Heterogeneity in Mobile Cloud Computing: Taxonomy and Open Challenges (2014, methodology): “…(i) less appropriate selection of network technology among available candidates and (ii) transferring the communication link at the wrong time, increases WAN latency and jitter which directly degrade the quality of mobile cloud services, especially for delay sensitive content and services [85].”
Mathematical Modeling for Network Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks — A Tutorial (2013, background): “Although two survey papers on this topic [2], [3] have been published, they were not focused on the mathematical theories used to model this problem.”