Automated network selection in a heterogeneous wireless network environment

  • Authors:
  • Farooq Bari;Victor C.M. Leung

  • Affiliations:
  • British Columbia Univ., Vancouver, BC;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Network: The Magazine of Global Internetworking
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

Service delivery in a heterogeneous all-IP wireless network environment requires the selection of an optimal access network. Selection of a non-optimal network can result in undesirable effects such as higher costs or poor service experience. Network selection in such an environment is influenced by several factors, and currently a complete solution is not available to solve this problem. This article describes a comprehensive decision making process to rank candidate networks for service delivery to the terminal. The proposed mechanism is based on a unique decision process that uses compensatory and non-compensatory multi-attribute decision making algorithms jointly to assist the terminal in selecting the top candidate network