Context-aware handover for voice and video applications in WiMax/WiFi

Author

Akkari, Nadine ; Al Hazmi, Hanan

Author_Institution

Fac. of Comput. & Inf. Technol., Comput. Sci. Dept., King Abdulaziz Univ., Jeddah, Saudi Arabia

fYear

2013

fDate

22-24 June 2013

Firstpage

1

Lastpage

7

Abstract

As wireless access networks are being developed to provide the users with always-on connectivity and better QoS, many papers have addressed the issue of providing service adaptation for the multimedia application in the case of vertical handovers. Thus providing service continuity while roaming among different wireless access networks is one of the most challenging issues of Next Generation Wireless Networks NGWN. Context awareness has showed a significant effect to guarantee services continuity. In this paper, we will study the performance of voice and video applications based on the proposed Context-Aware Management Scheme (CAMS) in terms of different performance parameters such as jitter, packet loss and end-to end delay in the case of vertical handovers VHO from WiFi to WiMax.

Keywords

WiMax; mobility management (mobile radio); multimedia communication; next generation networks; radio access networks; ubiquitous computing; wireless LAN; QoS; WiFi; WiMax; always on connectivity; context aware handover; context aware management scheme; end to end delay; jitter; multimedia application; next generation wireless networks; packet loss; service adaptation; vertical handovers; video applications; voice applications; wireless access networks; Context; Handover; Manganese; Servers; WiMAX; Wireless LAN; CAMS; context-aware; vertical handover;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer and Information Technology (WCCIT), 2013 World Congress on

Conference_Location

Sousse

Print_ISBN

978-1-4799-0460-0

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/WCCIT.2013.6618674

Filename

6618674