TY - GEN
T1 - An efficient handover algorithm for MBMS enabled 3G mobile cellular networks
AU - Christophorou, Christophoros
AU - Pitsillides, Andreas
PY - 2006
Y1 - 2006
N2 - With the introduction of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in 3rd Generation (3G) Networks, the Radio Network Controller (RNC) for radio efficiency reasons can use either Dedicated or Common resources to distribute the same content in a Cell. Thus the mobile users that are on the move may have to deal with dynamic changes of network resources when crossing the cell edge, introducing new types of handovers (MBMS Handovers). Executing an MBMS Handover using the current Handover Algorithm will result in inefficiencies. Therefore, for efficient execution of these new types of handover a different approach has to be followed. This paper proposes a new Handover Algorithm which efficiently maximizes the overall system capacity when mobile MBMS users have to deal with these new types of handovers.
AB - With the introduction of Multimedia Broadcast Multicast Service (MBMS) in 3rd Generation (3G) Networks, the Radio Network Controller (RNC) for radio efficiency reasons can use either Dedicated or Common resources to distribute the same content in a Cell. Thus the mobile users that are on the move may have to deal with dynamic changes of network resources when crossing the cell edge, introducing new types of handovers (MBMS Handovers). Executing an MBMS Handover using the current Handover Algorithm will result in inefficiencies. Therefore, for efficient execution of these new types of handover a different approach has to be followed. This paper proposes a new Handover Algorithm which efficiently maximizes the overall system capacity when mobile MBMS users have to deal with these new types of handovers.
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U2 - 10.1109/ISCC.2006.31
DO - 10.1109/ISCC.2006.31
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:34547262528
SN - 0769525881
SN - 9780769525884
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications
SP - 187
EP - 192
BT - Proceedings - 11th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2006
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 11th IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications, ISCC 2006
Y2 - 26 June 2006 through 29 June 2006
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