A NEHO based MBMS handover control approach

Christophoros Christophorou, Andreas Pitsillides

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Abstract

Handover Control is one of the essential means to guarantee the continuity of mobile services to a user traveling in a cellular infrastructure, without interruption. In previous work we illustrated that using the current 3GPP specified handover control algorithm to provide continuity of MBMS (Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service) services to a user crossing cell boundaries results either in capacity or QoS inefficiencies and proposed a new MEHO (Mobile Evaluated Handover) based MBMS handover control algorithm that compensated for them. This algorithm, although effective in terms of capacity and QoS, has some limitations concerning the way certain parameters vital for the efficient MBMS handover execution are estimated. In this paper, using a different approach (Network Evaluated Handover (NEHO)), we enhance previous work and propose a different method, that eliminates all of its predecessor's deficiencies while achieving the same capacity and QoS efficiencies.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2008 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2008
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2008
Externally publishedYes
Event2008 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2008 - Poznan, Poland
Duration: 15 Sept 200818 Sept 2008

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Conference

Conference2008 IEEE 19th International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC 2008
Country/TerritoryPoland
CityPoznan
Period15/09/0818/09/08

Keywords

  • Mbms
  • Network evaluated handover control
  • RRM

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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