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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
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%.
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