Effects of the Vertical Handover Policy on the Performance of Internet Applications (original) (raw)

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One of the major challenges posed by 4th generation (4G) network concept is that of integrating heterogeneous wireless networks technologies to build a globally interoperable system. In this context, issues like mobility management and session management have been widely addressed by researchers. In this paper we attempt to design effective vertical handover schemes applied to mobile users roaming across heterogeneous wireless access domains. The focus is put on how the performance of the Internet applications are affected by vertical handovers. We modeled a scenario of two interworking (WLAN and GPRS) access systems and run, by simulation, an analyses of how the connection discontinuity provoked by frequent vertical handovers between the two heterogeneous networks impacts on the performance of the application’s sessions.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Informatica e delle Telecomunicazioni, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria, 6, 95125, Catania, Italy
    Andrea Calvagna & Giuseppe Di Modica

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  1. Andrea Calvagna
  2. Giuseppe Di Modica

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  1. Department of Computer Science, University of Beira Interior, Rua Marques d’Avila e Bolama, 6201-001, Covilha, Portugal
    Mário Marques Freire
  2. France Telecom, Research and Development, CORE/SPP, 37-40 rue du Général Leclerc, 92794, Issy-les-Moulineaux Cedex 9, France
    Prosper Chemouil
  3. IUT, University of Haute Alsace, 34, rue du Grillenbreit, 68008, Colmar, France
    Pascal Lorenz
  4. Département Informatique, ENST-Bretagne, CS 83818, 29238, Brest Cedex 3, France
    Annie Gravey

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Calvagna, A., Di Modica, G. (2004). Effects of the Vertical Handover Policy on the Performance of Internet Applications. In: Freire, M.M., Chemouil, P., Lorenz, P., Gravey, A. (eds) Universal Multiservice Networks. ECUMN 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3262. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-30197-4\_36

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