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Signal Strength based Scanning Considering Free Capacity for Handover Execution in WiMAX Networks

by P. P. Edwin Winston, K. S Shaji
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International Journal of Computer Applications
Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Volume 61 - Number 15
Year of Publication: 2013
Authors: P. P. Edwin Winston, K. S Shaji
10.5120/10007-4873

P. P. Edwin Winston, K. S Shaji . Signal Strength based Scanning Considering Free Capacity for Handover Execution in WiMAX Networks. International Journal of Computer Applications. 61, 15 ( January 2013), 34-37. DOI=10.5120/10007-4873

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author = { P. P. Edwin Winston, K. S Shaji },
title = { Signal Strength based Scanning Considering Free Capacity for Handover Execution in WiMAX Networks },
journal = { International Journal of Computer Applications },
issue_date = { January 2013 },
volume = { 61 },
number = { 15 },
month = { January },
year = { 2013 },
issn = { 0975-8887 },
pages = { 34-37 },
numpages = {9},
url = { https://ijcaonline.org/archives/volume61/number15/10007-4873/ },
doi = { 10.5120/10007-4873 },
publisher = {Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA},
address = {New York, USA}
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%I Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA
Abstract

In mobile networks handover is initiated when there is change in network Quality of Service (QoS) parameters such as signal strength, signal to interference noise ratio (SINR), bit error rate (BER) etc. Handover considering signal strength is a basic scheme in mobile networks. Considering only signal strength is not ideal for WiMAX networks, which has stringent QoS requirements. Signal strength along with hysteresis and threshold serves as an accurate handover mechanism in WiMAX network. But it is not necessary that selected target base station have enough capacity to handle the data of mobile station. In this paper we propose a multiple trigger initiated handover execution which considers the signal strength along with hysteresis and threshold during scanning phase and the estimation of free capacity during handover execution phase. We evaluate our proposed scheme in Opnet Modeler simulator and its performance is verified.

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Index Terms

Computer Science
Information Sciences

Keywords

Handover WiMAX Multiple trigger OPNET

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