Mobile users and applications are putting pressure on wireless network operators to
improve the seamless handover of devices and services. Strong business competition for …

IP Mobility management protocols are divided into two kinds of category: host-based and
network-based mobility protocol. The former category, such as MIPv6 protocol and its …

Ever increasing user demands and development of modern communication technologies
have led to the evolution of communication networks from 1st Generation (1G) network to 4G …

No single wireless network technology can satisfy all the user requirements. Thus, there is a
urgent need to propose a single unified vertical handoff approach that integrates all …

During the last thirty years, developments in the new technologies have caused radical
changes in the direction and conduct of industry and commerce, in service industries and …

The innovation of services offered by cellular networks gained the attention of researchers in
the communication field. Thus, mobile industries deal with remarkable technological …

In mobile cloud computing, employing computation offloading enables mobile devices to
considerably augment their capability in emerging resource-hungry applications. However …

The Next generation mobile communication system called as 4G is expected to include
heterogeneous wireless networks that will offer high data rate multimedia services to end …

In recent years, there has been an increased interest in the integration of different
technologies in heterogeneous environments. Modelling heterogeneous systems is a …

Vertical handoff is one of the most important issues for the next generation heterogeneous
wireless networks. However, in many situations, unbeneficial vertical handoffs occur across …