Analysis of handoff patterns in mobility management

Piotr Pacyna

ChinaCom2008-Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium

Research Article

Analysis of handoff patterns in mobility management

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    author={Piotr Pacyna},
    title={Analysis of handoff patterns in mobility management},
    proceedings={ChinaCom2008-Wireless Communications and Networking Symposium},
    publisher={IEEE},
    proceedings_a={CHINACOM2008-WCN},
    year={2008},
    month={11},
    keywords={mobility performance evaluation embedded markov.},
    doi={10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685106}
}

Piotr Pacyna
Year: 2008
Analysis of handoff patterns in mobility management
CHINACOM2008-WCN
IEEE
DOI: 10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685106

Piotr Pacyna¹^,*

1: Department of Telecommunications AGH University of Science and Technology Al. Mickiewicza 30, 30-059 Krakow (Poland)

*Contact email: pacyna@kt.agh.edu.pl

Abstract

Performance increase and cost-benefit tradeoff are important factors in the design of network protocols for mobility support in wireless systems beyond 3G. In this paper we present a method to evaluate handoffs which can be applied to study mobility protocols at network- and data-link layers. The handoffs of a moving mobile terminal are modelled as a stochastic process. An embedded Markov chain and a theory of runs is employed for sequential estimation of handoff occurances. In the experimental part of the paper we study network setup scenario with four radio access points providing service to mobile terminals and obtain probability density function for the number of handoff occurances.

Keywords: mobility performance evaluation embedded markov.

Published: 2008-11-21
Publisher: IEEE
Modified: 2010-05-16

: http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CHINACOM.2008.4685106