— Next-generation mobile communication systems will provide “always best connected” services to mobile users via cellular networks that provide wide area coverage for global ...
—In this paper, we propose a novel vertical handoff decision algorithm for overlay wireless networks consisting of cellular and wireless local area networks (WLANs). The target n...
— The next generation wireless networks will support the vertical handoff mechanism in which users can maintain the connections when they switch from one network to another (e.g....
The integration of different wireless access technologies combined with the huge characteristic diversity of supported services in next-generation systems creates a real heterogen...
— – Major research challenges in the next generation of wireless networks include the provisioning of worldwide seamless mobility across heterogeneous wireless networks, the im...