Wireless communication is playing an important role in our daily life since it offers flexibility
and mobility. New multimedia services demand data-rates of up to hundreds of Mbps and …

Handover is the mechanism that transfers an ongoing call from one cell to another as a user
moves through the coverage area of a cellular system. As smaller cells are deployed to meet …

With the emergence of a variety of mobile data services with variable coverage, bandwidth,
and handoff strategies, and the need for mobile terminals to roam among these networks …

Handoff is an essential element of cellular communications. Efficient handoff algorithms are
a cost-effective way of enhancing the capacity and QoS of cellular systems. This article …

Personal communication systems (PCS) represent a rapidly growing and increasingly
important segment of the telecommunication industry. The goal of PCS is to provide truly …

Efficient handoff algorithms cost-effectively enhance the capacity and Quality of Service
(QoS) of cellular systems. This research presents novel approaches for the design of high …

The access of multimedia computing in wireless networks is concerned with the
performance of handoff because of the irretrievable property of real-time data delivery. To …

To meet the explosive demands of high-capacity and broadband wireless access, modern
cell-based wireless networks have trends, ie, continuous increase in the number of cells and …

The performance of the handoff algorithm is the primary concern for supporting mobile
devices with roaming capability in wireless communications. The IEEE 802.11 standard for …

Traditional handoff algorithms generally cannot keep both the average number of
unnecessary handoffs and the handoff decision delay low. In making handoff decisions, they …