Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have long been attracting research
interest, which is reflected in the design and development of powerful and complex network …

Numerous wireless communication technologies have been employed to manage mobile
users anywhere, any time and anyhow. Additionally, users are more and more fascinated by …

Deployment of heterogeneous wireless networks is spreading throughout the world as users
want to be connected anytime, anywhere, and anyhow. Meanwhile, users are increasingly …

This book chapter presents a tutorial on vertical handoff methods in the evolving 4G wireless
communication networks. Integration architectures for various wireless access networks are …

The bandwidth-intensive applications on Smart-Mobile-Devices (SMDs) are increasing with
SMD's colossal growth. The overlapped cellular and non-cellular networks, in hot-spot …

The services of next generation networks are envisioned to be potentially capable of
seamless mobility in spite of the heterogeneity in underlying access technologies. It is …

With the mobile communication market increasingly moving towards value-added services,
the network cost will need to be included in the service offering itself. This will lead service …

Heterogeneous network is a network connecting mobile station (MS) with different kinds of
wireless network. It will provide an efficient network connection for mobile users. When …

Next Generation Networks (NGNs) will be comprised of different access technologies. We
are already seeing the emergence of mobile devices with the capability of connecting to …