Wireless Communications and Applications. First International Conference, ICWCA 2011, Sanya, China, August 1-3, 2011, Revised Selected Papers

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Novel Communication System Selection Applying the AHP Algorithm in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

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  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1007/978-3-642-29157-9_23,
        author={Misato Sasaki and Akira Yamaguchi and Yuichi Imagaki and Kosuke Yamazaki and Toshinori Suzuki},
        title={Novel Communication System Selection Applying the AHP Algorithm in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks},
        proceedings={Wireless Communications and Applications. First International Conference, ICWCA 2011, Sanya, China, August 1-3, 2011, Revised Selected Papers},
        proceedings_a={ICWCA},
        year={2012},
        month={5},
        keywords={system selection policy analytic hierarchy process (AHP) heterogeneous wireless networks performance improvement},
        doi={10.1007/978-3-642-29157-9_23}
    }
    
  • Misato Sasaki
    Akira Yamaguchi
    Yuichi Imagaki
    Kosuke Yamazaki
    Toshinori Suzuki
    Year: 2012
    Novel Communication System Selection Applying the AHP Algorithm in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
    ICWCA
    Springer
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-642-29157-9_23
Misato Sasaki1,*, Akira Yamaguchi1,*, Yuichi Imagaki1,*, Kosuke Yamazaki1,*, Toshinori Suzuki1,*
  • 1: KDDI R&D Laboratories Inc.
*Contact email: m-sasaki@kddilabs.jp, yama@kddilabs.jp, yu-imagaki@kddilabs.jp, ko-yamazaki@kddilabs.jp, suzu@kddilabs.jp

Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel selection policy for a communication system in heterogeneous wireless networks, which applies the analytic hierarchy process (AHP) algorithm by taking into account the mobility of the user terminals. In particular, the AHP algorithm has excellent characteristics of improving overall performance within the existing wireless systems. We certify the performance improvement by applying the AHP through software simulations under the conditions where Wi-Fi and WiMAX are used in the heterogeneous wireless networks.