Towards realization of the ABC vision: A comparative survey of Access Network Selection

Author

Louta, Malamati ; Zournatzis, Philippos ; Kraounakis, Stylianos ; Sarigiannidis, Panagiotis ; Demetropoulos, Ioannis

Author_Institution

Dept. of Inf. & Telecommun. Eng., Univ. of Western Macedonia, Kozani, Greece

fYear

2011

fDate

June 28 2011-July 1 2011

Firstpage

472

Lastpage

477

Abstract

Access Network Selection (ANS) providing the most appropriate networking technology for accessing and using services in a heterogeneous wireless environment constitutes the heart of the overall handover management procedure. The aim of this paper is to survey representative vertical handover schemes proposed in related research literature with emphasis laid on the design of the ANS mechanism. Schemes´ distinct features are analyzed and the authors discuss on their relative merits and weaknesses.

Keywords

mobility management (mobile radio); ANS mechanism; access network selection; always-best-connectivity vision; handover management procedure; heterogeneous wireless environment; vertical handover scheme; Algorithm design and analysis; Context; Decision making; Mobile communication; Mobile computing; Quality of service; Wireless networks; access network selection; always best connectivity; vertical handover;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computers and Communications (ISCC), 2011 IEEE Symposium on

Conference_Location

Kerkyra

ISSN

1530-1346

Print_ISBN

978-1-4577-0680-6

Electronic_ISBN

1530-1346

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ISCC.2011.5983882

Filename

5983882