Access Networks. 5th International ICST Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2010 and First ICST International Workshop on Autonomic Networking and Self-Management in Access Networks, SELFMAGICNETS 2010, Budapest, Hungary, November 3-5, 2010, Revised Selected Papers

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A Fast and Simple Scheme for Mobile Station-Controlled Handover in Mobile WiMAX

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-20931-4_3,
        author={Sayan Ray and Swapan Ray and Krzysztof Pawlikowski and Allan McInnes and Harsha Sirisena},
        title={A Fast and Simple Scheme for Mobile Station-Controlled Handover in Mobile WiMAX},
        proceedings={Access Networks. 5th International ICST Conference on Access Networks, AccessNets 2010 and First ICST International Workshop on Autonomic Networking and Self-Management in Access Networks, SELFMAGICNETS 2010, Budapest, Hungary, November 3-5, 2010, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={ACCESSNETS},
        year={2012},
        month={10},
        keywords={Handover in Mobile WiMAX MS-controlled fast handover distance estimation and lookahead handover MS self-tracking scalability improvement in Mobile WiMAX Angle of Divergence RSS-based Distance Estimation},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-20931-4_3}
    }
    
  • Sayan Ray
    Swapan Ray
    Krzysztof Pawlikowski
    Allan McInnes
    Harsha Sirisena
    Year: 2012
    A Fast and Simple Scheme for Mobile Station-Controlled Handover in Mobile WiMAX
    ACCESSNETS
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-20931-4_3
Sayan Ray1,*, Swapan Ray2,*, Krzysztof Pawlikowski1,*, Allan McInnes1,*, Harsha Sirisena1,*
  • 1: University of Canterbury
  • 2: Jadavpur University
*Contact email: sayan.ray@pg.canterbury.ac.nz, skray@ieee.org, krys.pawlikowski@canterbury.ac.nz, allan.mcinnes@canterbury.ac.nz, harsha.sirisena@canterbury.ac.nz

Abstract

A Mobile Station (MS)-controlled fast and simple scheme of handover (HO) in Mobile WiMAX network has been described. An MS can roughly estimate its present distance from any neighbouring Base Stations (BS) using the Received Signal Strength (RSS) and an appropriate pathloss formula. From the Mobile Neighbor Advertisement (MOB_NBR-ADV) broadcasts, the MS periodically monitors the RSS of its Serving BS (SBS), chooses the appropriate times to perform few scanning of selected Neighbouring BSs (NBS) and estimates their changing distances to compute their respective angles of divergence from its own line of motion. The MS selects the NBS having the minimum angle of divergence (AOD), coupled with satisfactory quality of service and bandwidth capability, as its Target BS (TBS) and requests the SBS for executing this HO. Simulation studies show fairly reduced HO latency. MS-controlled HO promises greatly increased scalability for the Mobile WiMAX network.