An Optimal Joint Call Admission Control Policy in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

In heterogeneous wireless networks (HWNs), a scheme called Joint Call Admission Control (JCAC) is demanding for deciding whether or not an incoming service request will be accepted. In this paper, we propose an optimal JCAC policy for HWNs based on semi-Markov decision process (SMDP) to achieve the optimal resource management scheme in terms of minimal the network cost and acquire the required quality of service (QoS) of mobile user. Furthermore, an improved value iteration algorithm with multi-dimensional threshold structure is presented. Numerical results show that the proposed JCAC policy is the overall optimal policy. The proposed algorithm is effective for high QoS performance by reducing the probabilities of dropping and blocking calls. The optimal JCAC policy is ratified by the current trend in the design of next generation wireless networks (NGWNs).