Effective Link Triggers to Improve Handover Performance

S. Woon, N. Golmie, Y. Sekercioglu
2006 2006 IEEE 17th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications  
Effective link layer triggering is the key in order to enable fast and reliable handovers across different access networks. In this paper, we investigate the use of signal strength as part of the trigger mechanism. We propose an analytical model to estimate the anticipation required in order to achieve a target handover packet loss performance, for both voice and video traffic patterns. Numerical results from the analytical model are presented and compared to simulation data obtained for
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doi:10.1109/pimrc.2006.254239 dblp:conf/pimrc/WoonGS06 fatcat:kjkevwx7lva4dpfikujj3nfhzi