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Seamless handover management scheme under multi-rate WLANs

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Kazuya Tsukamoto,

Shigeru Kashihara,

Yuzo TaenakaAuthors Info & Claims

MoMM '10: Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advances in Mobile Computing and Multimedia

Pages 148 - 158

https://doi.org/10.1145/1971519.1971546

Published: 08 November 2010 Publication History

Abstract

In ubiquitous Wireless LANs (WLANs), Mobile Nodes (MNs) are likely to experience many and frequent handovers between WLANs managed by different organizations/ISPs during TCP communication. Although we proposed a WLAN handover management scheme based on the number of frame retransmissions, the proposed scheme cannot adapt to multirate WLAN used in a more realistic environment. Furthermore, the handover is controlled based on only a predetermined threshold of the number of frame retransmissions, thereby degrading the performance drastically when the inappropriate threshold is employed. Therefore, in this paper, to enhance the practicality of handover scheme in a realistic environment where WLAN supports multiple data rates and automatically changes the rate in response to wireless link condition, we propose a handover management scheme adaptable to multi-rate WLANs. Our scheme exploits two sorts of information to recognize the wireless condition appropriately: (1) data rate used most frequently (DRMF) by each interface and (2) frame retransmission ratio (FRR) on each interface for some duration. The former of two criteria first enables us to estimate an area where we should start handover, and if DRMFs of two interfaces are same in the area, the latter then allows us to compare wireless condition on two interfaces precisely, thereby giving an optimal handover point. The simulation results demonstrate the advantages of the proposed method, especially in the multi-rate WLAN environment.

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Iqbal JKhan MAfaq MAli A(2019)Performance analysis of vertical handover techniques based on IEEE 802.21: Media independent handover standardTransactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies10.1002/ett.3695Online publication date: 29-Jul-2019
https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.3695
Tsukamoto KKashihara STaenaka YOie Y(2018)An efficient handover decision method based on frame retransmission and data rate for multi-rate WLANsAd Hoc Networks10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.06.00411:1(324-338)Online publication date: 27-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.06.004
Ng BDeng AQu YSeah W(2016)Changeover prediction model for improving handover support in campus area WLANNOMS 2016 - 2016 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium10.1109/NOMS.2016.7502821(265-272)Online publication date: Apr-2016
https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.2016.7502821

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Seamless handover management scheme under multi-rate WLANs
1. Networks
  1. Network protocols
    1. Protocol correctness
      1. Protocol testing and verification

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DOI:10.1145/1971519

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Iqbal JKhan MAfaq MAli A(2019)Performance analysis of vertical handover techniques based on IEEE 802.21: Media independent handover standardTransactions on Emerging Telecommunications Technologies10.1002/ett.3695Online publication date: 29-Jul-2019
https://doi.org/10.1002/ett.3695
Tsukamoto KKashihara STaenaka YOie Y(2018)An efficient handover decision method based on frame retransmission and data rate for multi-rate WLANsAd Hoc Networks10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.06.00411:1(324-338)Online publication date: 27-Dec-2018
https://dl.acm.org/doi/10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.06.004
Ng BDeng AQu YSeah W(2016)Changeover prediction model for improving handover support in campus area WLANNOMS 2016 - 2016 IEEE/IFIP Network Operations and Management Symposium10.1109/NOMS.2016.7502821(265-272)Online publication date: Apr-2016
https://doi.org/10.1109/NOMS.2016.7502821

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