The next generation heterogeneous networks represents a new technology that will enable seamless integration of various wireless access systems, and targeted to support various sophisticated and quality of service (QoS) constraining applications, such as high-speed data services, video applications, and multimedia services. To guarantee different QoS requirements for diverse traffic types, while at the same time maintaining fair and high utilization of wireless resources, an efficient mobility management, specifically the vertical handoff (inter system handoff), is essential in the next generation wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a novel scheme for reducing handoff delay and handoff blocking probability using the concepts of Received Signal Strength (RSS) and thresholds management. Performance of the new scheme has been studied exhaustively through simulation.
1st Mosharaka International Conference on Communications, Networking and Information Technology (MIC-CNIT 2007)
Congress
2007 Global Congress on Communications, Networking and Information Technology (GC-CNIT 2007), 6-8 December 2007, Amman, Jordan
Pages
49-54
Topics
ISSN
2227-331X
DOI
BibTeX
@inproceedings{781CNIT2007,
title={Vertical handoff management for next generation heterogeneous networks},
author={Ikram S. Trigui, and Zarai Faouzi, and Lotfi Kamoun},
booktitle={2007 Global Congress on Communications, Networking and Information Technology (GC-CNIT 2007)},
year={2007},
pages={49-54},
doi={}},
organization={Mosharaka for Research and Studies}
}
