handoff trigger table for integrated 3g/wlan networks
Vertical handoff is a switching process between heterogeneous wireless networks in a hybrid 3G/WLAN network. Vertical handoffs from WLAN to 3G network often fail due to the abrupt degrade of the WLAN signal strength in the transition areas. In this paper, a Handoff Trigger Table is introduced to improve the performance of vertical handoff. Based on this table, a proactive handoff scheme is proposed. Simulation results show that with the proposed scheme, the vertical handoff decisions will be more efficient so that dropping probability can be decreased dramatically.
integrated 3g/wlan networks wlan vertical handoff 3g integrated networks wireless communications