Handover in a virtual cellular network

Author

Bakker, J.D. ; Prasad, R.

Author_Institution

Fac. of Inf. Technol. & Syst., Delft Univ. of Technol., Netherlands

Volume

1

fYear

1999

fDate

1999

Firstpage

544

Abstract

A virtual cellular network (VCN) is a wireless cellular network wherein a single mobile station (MS) can be in simultaneous communication with more than one base station (BS). This paper presents the implementation of a handover protocol for a virtual cellular network. The proposed handover protocol is used in combination with a link protocol and a multiple-access protocol. The design of the protocol is one of the contributions to the multidisciplinary Mobile Multimedia Communications (MMC) project at Delft University of Technology. The targets include 155 Megabit per second sustained throughput for high-level users, support for inexpensive mobile stations and support for the internet protocol (IP), as well as an option for asynchronous transfer mode (ATM)

Keywords

access protocols; asynchronous transfer mode; cellular radio; transport protocols; ATM; Mobile Multimedia Communications project; asynchronous transfer mode; base station; handover; handover protocol; high-level users; internet protocol; link protocol; multiple-access protocol; single mobile station; throughput; virtual cellular network; wireless cellular network; Asynchronous transfer mode; Base stations; Downlink; Electronic mail; Information technology; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Mobile communication; Protocols; Quality of service;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Vehicular Technology Conference, 1999. VTC 1999 - Fall. IEEE VTS 50th

Conference_Location

Amsterdam

ISSN

1090-3038

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5435-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/VETECF.1999.797193

Filename

797193