An overview of vertical handover decision strategies in heterogeneous wireless networks
Computer Communications
An intelligent handover management system for future generation wireless networks
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Intelligent Systems for Future Generation Wireless Networks
Review: An overview of vertical handover techniques: Algorithms, protocols and tools
Computer Communications
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In the next generation of wireless networks, mobile users should move across various access technologies, us- ing multi-interface terminals and different types of services. The most important issue in such heterogeneous environ- ment is the Always Best Connected (ABC) concept. It allows the best connectivity to services anywhere at anytime. For that, a seamless inter-system handover solution is needed. In our paper, we propose an intelligent solution, based on the context-awareness concept, ensuring service continuity and answering user requirements. We focus on the verti- cal handover decision issue. It performs whether and over which access network to hand over among those available. It uses advanced decision algorithms (for more efficiency and intelligence) and it is governed by handover policies as decision rules (for more flexibility and optimization).