A Fast MAC-Layer Handover for an IEEE 802.16e-Based WMAN

Sayan Ray; Krzysztof Pawlikowski; Harsha Sirisena

AccessNets. Third International Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2008, Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 15-17, 2008. Revised Papers

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A Fast MAC-Layer Handover for an IEEE 802.16e-Based WMAN

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_8,
    author={Sayan Ray and Krzysztof Pawlikowski and Harsha Sirisena},
    title={A Fast MAC-Layer Handover for an IEEE 802.16e-Based WMAN},
    proceedings={AccessNets. Third International Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2008, Las Vegas, NV, USA, October 15-17, 2008. Revised Papers},
    proceedings_a={ACCESSNETS},
    year={2012},
    month={5},
    keywords={IEEE 802.16e hard handover ranging backhaul network},
    doi={10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_8}
}

Sayan Ray
Krzysztof Pawlikowski
Harsha Sirisena
Year: 2012
A Fast MAC-Layer Handover for an IEEE 802.16e-Based WMAN
ACCESSNETS
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_8

Sayan Ray¹^,*, Krzysztof Pawlikowski¹^,*, Harsha Sirisena¹^,*

1: University of Canterbury

*Contact email: skr29@student.canterbury.ac.nz, krys.pawlikowski@canterbury.ac.nz, harsha.sirisena@canterbury.ac.nz

Abstract

We propose a modification of the IEEE 802.16e hard handover (HHO) procedure, which significantly reduces the handover latency constraint of the original HHO procedure in IEEE 802.16e networks. It allows a better handling of the delay-sensitive traffic by avoiding unnecessary time-consuming scanning and synchronization activity as well as simplifies the network re-entry procedure. With the help of the backhaul network, it reduces the number of control messages in the original handover policy, making the handover latency acceptable also for real-time streaming traffic. Preliminary performance evaluation studies show that the modified handover procedure is able to reduce the total handover latency by about 50%.

Keywords: IEEE 802.16e hard handover ranging backhaul network

Published: 2012-05-11

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_8