Research Article
Access Network Selection in a Heterogeneous Environment Using the AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS Methods
@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_9, author={Aggeliki Sgora and Periklis Chatzimisios and Dimitrios Vergados}, title={Access Network Selection in a Heterogeneous Environment Using the AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS Methods}, proceedings={Mobile Lightweight Wireless Systems. Second International ICST Conference, MOBILIGHT 2010, Barcelona, Spain, May 10-12, 2010, Revised Selected Papers}, proceedings_a={MOBILIGHT}, year={2012}, month={10}, keywords={Wireless Network Network Selection MADM Heterogeneous Environment AHP TOPSIS fuzzy TOPSIS}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_9} }- Aggeliki Sgora
Periklis Chatzimisios
Dimitrios Vergados
Year: 2012
Access Network Selection in a Heterogeneous Environment Using the AHP and Fuzzy TOPSIS Methods
MOBILIGHT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_9
Abstract
The problem of network selection across heterogeneous wireless networks has recently received much attention because of a drive for converged communication systems. However, since the selection of an access network depends on several parameters with different relative importance, such as the network and the application characteristics, the user preferences, the service cost, etc, it is a difficult task to be achieved. In this paper an effective access network selection algorithm for heterogeneous wireless networks is proposed that combines two Multi Attribute Decision Making (MADM) methods, the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) method and the fuzzy Total Order Preference by Similarity to the Ideal Solution (TOPSIS) method. More specifically, the AHP method is used to determine weights of the criteria, and the fuzzy TOPSIS method is used to obtain the final access network ranking.