Wireless communication is playing an important role in our daily life since it offers flexibility
and mobility. New multimedia services demand data-rates of up to hundreds of Mbps and …

Handover is the mechanism that transfers an ongoing call from one cell to another as a user
moves through the coverage area of a cellular system. As smaller cells are deployed to meet …

The location of mobile terminals has received considerable attention in the recent years. The
performance of mobile location systems is limited by errors primarily caused by nonline-of …

Handoff is an essential element of cellular communications. Efficient handoff algorithms are
a cost-effective way of enhancing the capacity and QoS of cellular systems. This article …

Due to the complementary nature of radio and optical wireless (OW) both in capacity and
coverage, the combined use of both for data transmission could have advantages over a …

In heterogeneous wireless networks, handoff can be separated into two parts: horizontal
handoff (HHO) and vertical handoff (VHO). VHO plays an important role to fulfill seamless …

With the advent of high-speed networks and the availability of powerful high-performance
workstations, network of workstations has emerged as the most cost-effective platform for …

In wireless cellular systems, handoff algorithms decide when and to which base station to
handoff. Traditional handoff algorithms generally cannot keep both the average number of …

In the integrated next-generation wireless systems (NGWS), users are always connected to
the best available networks and used to switch between different networks based on their …

Global connectivity, for anyone, at anyplace, at anytime, to provide high-speed, high-quality,
and reliable communication channels for mobile devices, is now becoming a reality. The …