The delay and jitter of an RTP stream transported by TCP over WLAN are examined as candidates for assisting handover between networks. Jitter was found to be a good indicator of when a mobile is close to the edge of a WLAN cell and was used to spawn a vertical handover mechanism. The implemented handover scheme used an averaged delay difference to complete the handover of the video stream.

This paper investigates the efficiency of scanning process on handover procedure in IEEE802.16m. The performance evaluation is based on current running standard of 802.16e since .16m is still under development. The evaluation is done at both parts of handover procedure, i.e. network topology acquisition and handover process. An efficient scanning process is proposed to reduce the scanning time ...

Handover techniques are essential components of the heterogeneous wireless networks architecture development. Providing quality of service in conditions of seamless mobility is the major prerequisite for vertical handover high functionality and scalability. In this paper, the perspective vertical handover techniques, based on radio link quality and merit function of access network, are systemat...

In order to achieve seamless handover for real-time applications in the IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS) of next generation network, a multiprotocol combined handover mechanism is proposed in this paper. We combine SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), FMIP (Fast Mobile IPv6 Protocol), and MIH (Media Independent Handover) protocols by cross-layer design and optimize those protocols’ signaling flows t...

To enable seamless IP-layer handover of a mobile node (MN) from one access router (AR) to another, the MN is required to discover the identities and capabilities of candidate ARs (CARs) for handover prior to the initiation of the handover. The act of discovery of CARs has two aspects: identifying the IP addresses of the CARs and finding their capabilities. This process is called "candidate acce...

In this paper, we present FBAC (Flexible Bound Admission Control) algorithm using softness profile to reduce handover blocking probability over WLAN and WAAN (Wide Area Access Network). FBAC algorithm utilizes dynamic resource allocation scheme to decrease the blocking probability of vertical handover connections within the limited capacity of system. Based on FBAC algorithm, we derive the hand...

In this paper, we present SBAC (Soft Bound Admission Control) algorithm considering critical bandwidth ratio to reduce handover blocking probability over WLAN and WAAN (Wide Area Access Network). SBAC algorithm utilizes dynamically optimized resource allocation scheme to decrease the blocking probability of vertical handover connections within the limited capacity of system. Based on SBAC algor...

When Bluetooth is used as an interface between mobile devices and network systems, the devices must maintain their connections by handovers between access points. However, handover is not defined by the standard Bluetooth specification. Several handover methods have been proposed, but they take a few seconds for reconnection because of relatively complex inquiry and paging procedures. A handove...

In Proxy Mobile IPv6 (PMIPv6), any involvement by the Mobile Node (MN) is not required, so that any tunneling overhead can be removed from over-the-air. However, during the PMIPv6 handover process, there still exists a period when the MN is unable to send or receive packets because of PMIPv6 protocol operations, suffering from handover latency and data loss. Thus, to reduce the handover latency...

OBJECTIVE Shift handover is seen as a key tool in ensuring continuity of care yet a number of studies have highlighted the role of shift handovers in adverse events. This, combined with the increased frequency of shift handovers, has led to interest in providing technological support for handover to enhance safety. The aim of this paper is to describe current practices for the conduct of shift ...