A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular Networks to WLANs
The ‘Beyond 3G Wireless Networks Architecture’ proposes to assimilate numerous heterogeneous wireless network technologies over an Internet Protocol Backbone. However, in order to offer seamless mobility, cost - effective connectivity and desired Quality of Service (QoS) in such a diverse enviro...
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| author | Mahmood, Adnan Zen, H. Othman, A.K. Siddiqui, S.A. |
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| description | The ‘Beyond 3G Wireless Networks Architecture’
proposes to assimilate numerous heterogeneous wireless network
technologies over an Internet Protocol Backbone. However, in
order to offer seamless mobility, cost - effective connectivity and
desired Quality of Service (QoS) in such a diverse environment;
efficacious vertical handover support still remains a major design
challenge. In this research/manuscript, a novel handover decision
mechanism, ‘Travelling Time Prediction Based on the Consecutive
RSS Measurements’ in an IEEE 802.11 WLAN cell is suggested.
The method uses a time threshold which is computed by a Mobile
Terminal (MT) as soon as it penetrates into a WLAN boundary.
The estimated travelling time is then compared with the time
threshold, so as to make handover decisions for minimizing the
probability of unnecessary handovers. Our performance analysis
reveals that the suggested mechanism effectively reduces number
of unnecessary handovers by 60% as compared to the already
proposed schemes. |
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| spelling | unimas-162862017-05-19T07:17:43Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16286/ A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular Networks to WLANs Mahmood, Adnan Zen, H. Othman, A.K. Siddiqui, S.A. T Technology (General) The ‘Beyond 3G Wireless Networks Architecture’ proposes to assimilate numerous heterogeneous wireless network technologies over an Internet Protocol Backbone. However, in order to offer seamless mobility, cost - effective connectivity and desired Quality of Service (QoS) in such a diverse environment; efficacious vertical handover support still remains a major design challenge. In this research/manuscript, a novel handover decision mechanism, ‘Travelling Time Prediction Based on the Consecutive RSS Measurements’ in an IEEE 802.11 WLAN cell is suggested. The method uses a time threshold which is computed by a Mobile Terminal (MT) as soon as it penetrates into a WLAN boundary. The estimated travelling time is then compared with the time threshold, so as to make handover decisions for minimizing the probability of unnecessary handovers. Our performance analysis reveals that the suggested mechanism effectively reduces number of unnecessary handovers by 60% as compared to the already proposed schemes. IEEE 2014 Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16286/1/A%20Novel%20Travelling%20Time%20Estimation%20Mechanism%28abstract%29.pdf Mahmood, Adnan and Zen, H. and Othman, A.K. and Siddiqui, S.A. (2014) A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular Networks to WLANs. 2nd International Conference on Information Technology and Electronic Commerce (ICITEC), 2014. ISSN ISBN: 978-1-4799-5299-1 http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7105567/ DOI: 10.1109/ICITEC.2014.7105567 |
| spellingShingle | T Technology (General) Mahmood, Adnan Zen, H. Othman, A.K. Siddiqui, S.A. A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular Networks to WLANs |
| title | A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for
Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular
Networks to WLANs |
| title_full | A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for
Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular
Networks to WLANs |
| title_fullStr | A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for
Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular
Networks to WLANs |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for
Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular
Networks to WLANs |
| title_short | A Novel Travelling Time Estimation Mechanism for
Minimizing Unnecessary Handovers from Cellular
Networks to WLANs |
| title_sort | novel travelling time estimation mechanism for
minimizing unnecessary handovers from cellular
networks to wlans |
| topic | T Technology (General) |
| url | http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16286/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16286/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16286/ http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16286/1/A%20Novel%20Travelling%20Time%20Estimation%20Mechanism%28abstract%29.pdf |