Trends in handover design

Author

Pollini, Gregory P.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Wireless Syst. Res., Bellcore, USA

Volume

34

Issue

3

fYear

1996

fDate

3/1/1996 12:00:00 AM

Firstpage

82

Lastpage

90

Abstract

Handover is the mechanism that transfers an ongoing call from one cell to another as a user moves through the coverage area of a cellular system. As smaller cells are deployed to meet the demands for increased capacity, the number of cell boundary crossings increases. The author presents an overview of published work on handover performance and control and discusses current trends in handover research. He discusses investigations that are applicable to a single tier of cells. He focuses on macrocells, but includes a brief discussion on how things change as cell sizes shrink. By assuming an overlay of macrocells and microcells he summarizes issues and approaches unique to such systems

Keywords

cellular radio; telecommunication control; cell boundary crossings; cell sizes; cellular system; coverage area; handover control; handover design; handover performance; handover research; macrocells; microcells; Base stations; Control systems; Costs; Delay; Frequency; Macrocell networks; Microcell networks; Process control; Quality of service; Radio link;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Magazine, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

0163-6804

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/35.486807

Filename

486807