Handover performance in the IEEE 802.16 mobile networks

Vesa  Hytönen; Alexander  Sayenko; Henrik  Martikainen; Olli  Alanen

The industry track of SIMUTools 2010.

Research Article

Handover performance in the IEEE 802.16 mobile networks

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@INPROCEEDINGS{10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8715,
    author={Vesa  Hyt\o{}nen and Alexander  Sayenko and Henrik  Martikainen and Olli  Alanen},
    title={Handover performance in the IEEE 802.16 mobile networks},
    proceedings={The industry track of SIMUTools 2010.},
    publisher={ACM},
    proceedings_a={SIMULATIONWORKS},
    year={2010},
    month={5},
    keywords={ASN-anchored mobility handover IEEE 802.16 WiMAX NS-2 WMF NWG},
    doi={10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8715}
}

Vesa Hytönen
Alexander Sayenko
Henrik Martikainen
Olli Alanen
Year: 2010
Handover performance in the IEEE 802.16 mobile networks
SIMULATIONWORKS
ICST
DOI: 10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8715

Vesa Hytönen¹^,*, Alexander Sayenko²^,*, Henrik Martikainen¹^,*, Olli Alanen³^,*

1: Telecommunication Laboratory, University of Jyväskylä, Finland.
2: Research, Technology & Platforms, Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo, Finland.
3: Magister Solutions Ltd, Jyväskylä, Finland.

*Contact email: vesa.a.hytonen@jyu.fi, alexander.sayenko@nsn.com, henrik.martikainen@jyu.fi, olli.alanen@magister.fi

Abstract

The IEEE 802.16 standard provides a full mobility support for stations moving across cell borders. In addition, the WiMAX Forum Network Working Group defines a set of procedures to support handovers in the mobile access network. One of the main characteristics of mobility support is fully controlled and optimized handover (HO), in which a mobile station (MS) migrates from the air interface of one base station (BS) to another one. It is vital to keep the BS transition phase as short as possible to decrease delays and data loss, which is especially crucial for real-time applications, such as VoIP. In this paper we analyze ASN-anchored mobility performance and provide advisable handover related parameters. The obtained results show that it is reasonable to adapt the handover initiation functionality to the environment where the network is deployed.

Keywords: ASN-anchored mobility handover IEEE 802.16 WiMAX NS-2 WMF NWG

Published: 2010-05-16
Publisher: ACM

: http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/ICST.SIMUTOOLS2010.8715