ABCDecision: a simulation platform for access selection algorithms in heterogeneous wireless networks

  • Authors:

  • Jamal Haydar;Abbas Ibrahim;Abed Ellatif Samhat;Guy Pujolle

  • Affiliations:

  • CCE Department, Faculty of Engineering, IUL, Khaldeh, Lebanon and Phare Research Group, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Cedex, France;ISSAE-CNAM, Beirut, Lebanon;Faculty of Engineering, Lebanese University, Beirut, Lebanon;Phare Research Group, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris 6 (LIP6), Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris Cedex , France

  • Venue:
  • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking - Special issue on simulators and experimental testbeds design and development for wireless networks
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

We present a simulation platform for access selection algorithms in heterogeneous wireless networks, called "ABCDecision". The simulator implements the different parts of an Always Best Connected (ABC) system, including Access Technology Selector (ATS), Radio Access Networks (RANs), and users. After describing the architecture of the simulator, we show an overview of the existing decision algorithms for access selection. Then we propose a new selection algorithm in heterogeneous networks and we run a set of simulations to evaluate the performance of the proposed algorithm in comparison with the existing ones. The performance results, in terms of the occupancy rate, show that our algorithm achieves a load balancing distribution between networks by taking into consideration the capacities of the available cells.