Handover performance in the IEEE 802.16 mobile networks

Authors:
Vesa Hytönen;Alexander Sayenko;Henrik Martikainen;Olli Alanen
Affiliations:
University of Jyväskylä, Finland;Research, Technology & Platforms, Nokia Siemens Networks, Espoo, Finland;University of Jyväskylä, Finland;Magister Solutions Ltd, Jyväskylä, Finland
Venue:
Proceedings of the 3rd International ICST Conference on Simulation Tools and Techniques
Year:
2010

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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.