Handover

About: Handover is a research topic. Over the lifetime, 24219 publications have been published within this topic receiving 296416 citations. The topic is also known as: handoff.

Source initiated communication handover

Abstract: In a handover operation an access terminal is handed over from a source access point to a target access point. To facilitate efficient identification of a target access point, a handover operation may be initiated by the target access point. A candidate frequency search also may be invoked to confirm that an access terminal identified by a target access point for a handover is in the vicinity of the target access point. A source access point may verify whether an access terminal is in a vicinity of a target access point to determine whether to perform a handover operation. A source access point may handle potential ambiguity between several target access points by sending handover commands to each of these target access points. An access terminal also may assist in the determination of whether to perform a handover operation.

Apparatus and method for supporting mobility in a heterogeneous wireless communication system

Abstract: An apparatus and method in a heterogeneous wireless communication system reconnect a Mobile Station (MS) to a previously connected cell upon occurrence of a Radio Link Failure (RLF) in a current cell when a portion of a coverage of the second cell is included in a coverage of the first cell. A Mobile Station (MS) stores system information of a first Base Station (BS) of a first cell when performing handover from the first cell to a second cell. When changed system information of the first BS is received from a second BS of the second cell, the MS updates the stored system information using the changed system information. When detecting that a connection with the second cell is lost prior to a handover from the second cell, the MS performs reconnection to the first BS using the stored system information.

A Vertical Handoff Decision Scheme in Heterogeneous Wireless Systems

Abstract: One of the goals of next generation wireless networks (NGWNs) refers to the ability of supporting heterogeneous wireless access technologies. The objective is to provide a diverse range of seamlessly provide high-data rate multimedia services across different wireless networks. To achieve this, we must rely on seamless vertical handoff techniques. In this paper, we propose a distributed Simple Additive Weighting (SAW)-based vertical handoff mechanism. Our main goal is to reduce the processing overhead in the mobile terminal by delegating the calculation of handoff metrics for network selection to the Visiting Networks i.e. WiFi.

An Overview of Handoff Techniques in Cellular Networks

Abstract: Continuation of an active call is one of the most important quality measurements in the cellular systems. Handoff process enables a cellular system to provide such a facility by transferring an active call from one cell to another. Different approaches are proposed and applied in order to achieve better handoff service. The principal parameters used to evaluate handoff techniques are: forced termination probability and call blocking probability. The mechanisms such as guard channels and queuing handoff calls decrease the forced termination probability while increasing the call blocking probability. In this paper we present an overview about the issues related to handoff initiation and decision and discuss about different types of handoff techniques available in the literature. Keywords—Handoff, Forced Termination Probability, Blocking probability, Handoff Initiation, Handoff Decision, Handoff Prioritization Schemes.

A prioritized handoff dynamic channel allocation strategy for PCS

Abstract: An analytical method is developed to calculate the blocking probability (p/sub b/), the probability of handoff failure (p/sub h/), the forced termination probability (p/sub ft/), and the probability that a call is not completed (p/sub nc/) for the no priority (NPS) and reserved channel (RCS) schemes for handoff, using fixed channel allocation (FCA) in a microcellular system. Based only on the knowledge of the new call arrival rate, a method of assessing the handoff arrival rate for any kind of traffic is derived. The analytical method is valid for uniform and nonuniform traffic distributions and is verified by computer simulations. An extension (generalization) to the nonuniform compact pattern allocation algorithm is presented as an application of this analysis. Based on this extended concept, a modified version of a dynamic channel allocation strategy (DCA) called compact pattern with maximized channel borrowing (CPMCB) is presented. With modifications, it is shown that CPMCB is a self-adaptive prioritized handoff DCA strategy with enhanced performance that can be exploited in a personal communications service (PCS) environment leading either to a reduction in infrastructure or to an increase in capacity and grade of service. The effect of user mobility on the grade of service is also considered using CPMCB.