Nowadays many different types of networks communicate among themselves to form
heterogeneous networks. Vertical handovers between them are required to supply ongoing …

Due to a deployment of different networks technologies such as 3G (UMTS, IEEE 802.11),
4G (LTE, IEEE 802.16) and 5G, the users have the opportunity to be connected to Internet at …

Handover is one of the enhancement mechanisms that plays a central role in
heterogeneous wireless networks. Designing a handover algorithm for heterogeneous …

The vision of next generation wireless network (NGWN) is to integrate different wireless
access technologies, each with its own characteristics, into a common IP-based core …

Future generation heterogeneous wireless networks are facing a serious issue of continuing
the service which let to vertical handoff as indispensible. Mobile users may efficiently utilize …

One of the major design issues in heterogeneous wireless networks is the support of vertical
handover. Vertical handover occurs when a mobile terminal switches from one network to …

The state of art pertaining to vertical handover decisions in next-generation wireless
networks provides a detailed overview of vertical handover studies. This paper classifies the …

ABSTRACT A major challenge for next generation wireless networks is to use the limited
available resources while offering efficiency, capacity and quality of service. The objective in …

Abstract Background/Objectives: Heterogeneous wireless networks are converging towards
an all-IP network as part of the socalled next-generation network. In this paradigm, different …

One challenge of wireless networks integration is the ubiquitous wireless access abilities
which provide the seamless handover for any moving communication device between …