Autonomous Heterogeneous Networks Discovery Technique

Increased efforts directed to enable ubiquitous services across heterogeneous radio access technologies has given birth to seamless integration of heterogeneous wireless networks. It necessitates smooth and seamless handover over heterogeneous wireless networks. Seamless handover imposes stringent requirements like rapid network discovery, quick selection of candidate networks and proactive handover actions. This paper proposes a method wherein a mobile node becomes capable of autonomously discovering presence of networks and related information. The proposed method of acquiring information by autonomous discovery is to be used to support proactive handover actions