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Multi-hop Extensions to Heterogeneous Access Network Selection
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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_5, author={Ram\^{o}n Ag\'{y}ero and Johnny Choque and Luis Mu\`{o}oz}, title={Multi-hop Extensions to Heterogeneous Access Network Selection}, 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={Heterogeneous Access Networks Multi-hop extensions}, doi={10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_5} }- Ramón Agüero
Johnny Choque
Luis Muñoz
Year: 2012
Multi-hop Extensions to Heterogeneous Access Network Selection
MOBILIGHT
Springer
DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-16644-0_5
Abstract
This paper evaluates an access selection architecture able to handle heterogeneous technologies. We establish a generic access selection algorithm, which assigns different weights to the constraints established by both the network and the terminal. In addition, we improve the traditional operation by allowing multi-hop extensions, by means of which an end-user may reach an Access Element (i.e. base station) through other nodes willing to relay traffic. The results show that the multi-hop extensions are beneficial, not only from the point of view of the end-user, but also from the perspective of the network operator, since they allow an increase on the overall network throughput.
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