Radio Access Technology Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: A Hybrid Approach

El Helou, Melhem

ISBN 10: 3659719234 / ISBN 13: 9783659719233

Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2015

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• Titolo: Radio Access Technology Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks: A Hybrid Approach
• Editore: LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• Lingua: Inglese
• ISBN 10: 3659719234
• ISBN 13: 9783659719233
• Rilegatura: paperback
• Condizione: New
• Tipo di libro: book

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To cope with the rapid growth of mobile broadband traffic, various radio access technologies (e.g., HSPA, LTE, WiFi, and WiMAX) are being integrated and jointly managed. Radio Access Technology (RAT) selection, devoted to decide to what RAT mobiles should connect, is a key functionality to improve network performance and user experience. When intelligence is pushed to the network edge, mobiles make autonomous decisions regarding selection of their most appropriate RAT. They aim to selfishly maximize their utility. However, because mobiles have no information on network load conditions, their decisions may lead to performance inefficiency. Moreover, delegating decisions to the network optimizes overall performance, but at the cost of increased network complexity, signaling, and processing load. In this book, instead of favoring either of these decision-making approaches, we propose a hybrid decision framework: the network provides information for the mobiles to make robust RAT selections. More precisely, mobile users select their RAT depending on their individual needs and preferences, as well as on the monetary cost and QoS parameters signaled by the network.