A general formula for handoff rate in PCS networks

Author

Fang, Yuguang ; Chlamtac, Imrich ; Lin, Yi-Bing

Author_Institution

Erik Jonsson Sch. of Eng. & Comput. Sci., Texas Univ., Richardson, TX, USA

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

8-11 Sep 1998

Firstpage

330

Abstract

This paper presents a formula for the computation of handoff rate in PCS networks under generally distributed call holding times and generally distributed cell residence times. This formula can be used to study the handoff traffic rate. It shows that applying the exponential distribution underestimate the handoff traffic rate, hence the computed handoff call blocking probability will be lower than the actual handoff call blocking probability. This suggests the necessity of the sensitivity study with respect to the variance of channel occupancy time in the PCS network analysis and design

Keywords

cellular radio; exponential distribution; personal communication networks; telecommunication traffic; PCS networks; cellular radio; channel occupancy time; exponential distribution; general formula; generally distributed call holding times; generally distributed cell residence times; handoff call blocking probability; handoff rate; handoff traffic rate; mobile computing; network analysis; network design; sensitivity study; Analysis of variance; Computer networks; Computer science; Distributed computing; Exponential distribution; Intelligent networks; Mobile computing; Personal communication networks; Telecommunication traffic; Traffic control;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 1998. The Ninth IEEE International Symposium on

Conference_Location

Boston, MA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-4872-9

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/PIMRC.1998.733569

Filename

733569