Comparison of alternative handoff strategies for micro-cellular mobile communication systems

Author

Senarath, Gamini N. ; Everitt, David

Author_Institution

Sch. of Electr. Eng. & Comput. Sci., Melbourne Univ., Parkville, Vic., Australia

fYear

1994

fDate

8-10 Jun 1994

Firstpage

1465

Abstract

The drop-out probability and the unnecessary handover performance of several handover schemes have been investigated using a simulation model which incorporates detailed representation of mobility, traffic and propagation environments. Specifically the overall performance of variable hysteresis level handover schemes are investigated. The performance under various mobility conditions are presented for both Manhattan city environment and hexagonal cell layout. Also the performance dependency on more critical input parameters such as mobile speed and correlation of sample measurements, is presented. It is shown that an environment dependent, variable hysteresis function can be devised by closely studying the system handover behaviour to give the optimum overall performance

Keywords

cellular radio; land mobile radio; performance evaluation; probability; telecommunication traffic; Manhattan city environment; drop-out probability; handoff strategies; hexagonal cell layout; input parameters; microcellular mobile communication systems; mobile speed; mobility conditions; propagation environments; sample measurements correlation; simulation model; system handover; traffic; unnecessary handover performance; variable hysteresis level handover; Cities and towns; Cloning; Hysteresis; Mobile communication; Power generation; Power system modeling; Switches; System performance; Traffic control; Velocity measurement;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1994 IEEE 44th

Conference_Location

Stockholm

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1927-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETEC.1994.345338

Filename

345338