Analysis of a handover algorithm for packet mobile communications

Author

Graziosi, F. ; Santucci, F.

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electr. Eng., Univ. of l´´Aquila, Italy

Volume

1

fYear

1998

fDate

5-9 Oct 1998

Firstpage

769

Abstract

A novel handover initiation procedure is proposed and analyzed for mobile radio networks. In the presence of voice sources and packet access protocols, the sequence of packets that may be lost due to channel impairments is used to trigger a handover. In particular, a threshold length of the sequence of lost packets is used as a handover criterion for delay sensitive sources. In a log-normal shadowing environment, the algorithm performance is derived analytically. Simulation is also used to validate the approximations introduced in the analysis

Keywords

access protocols; delays; fading channels; land mobile radio; log normal distribution; packet radio networks; voice communication; algorithm performance; approximations; channel impairments; delay sensitive sources; handover algorithm; handover initiation procedure; log-normal shadowing environment; lost packets sequence; packet access protocols; packet mobile communications; simulation; threshold length; voice sources; 3G mobile communication; Access protocols; Algorithm design and analysis; Base stations; Delay; ISDN; Land mobile radio; Mobile communication; Radio control; Shadow mapping;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Universal Personal Communications, 1998. ICUPC '98. IEEE 1998 International Conference on

Conference_Location

Florence

ISSN

1091-8442

Print_ISBN

0-7803-5106-1

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ICUPC.1998.733069

Filename

733069