AN ALGORITHM TO ENHANCE THE NETWORK SELECTION PERFORMANCE IN IN AN INTEGRATED UMTS/WLAN ENVIRONMENT

Abolfazl Nazari, Naser Yazdani, Naser Rezayi

2006

Abstract

Future wireless networks will be multi-access networks, and the users can benefit from the advantages of any radio access technology. Then, network selection can play a critical role in overall network functionalities. Interworking between UMTS and WLAN is considered as a feasible approach toward next generation wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a method that uses statistical parameters of a WLAN cell traffic load to measure its capabilities to ensure QoS for the requested service. A network selection algorithm can use this measurement and user preference to select the best radio access technology. We investigate the performance of this algorithm through simulation of transferring video traffic in WLAN. The results show that the proposed algorithm has an acceptable performance and in about 95 percent of the times, a user that opt WLAN as his access network will have the requested QoS.

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Nazari A., Yazdani N. and Rezayi N. (2006). AN ALGORITHM TO ENHANCE THE NETWORK SELECTION PERFORMANCE IN IN AN INTEGRATED UMTS/WLAN ENVIRONMENT . In Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2006) ISBN 978-972-8865-65-8, pages 45-50. DOI: 10.5220/0002093600450050


in Bibtex Style

@conference{winsys06,
author={Abolfazl Nazari and Naser Yazdani and Naser Rezayi},
title={AN ALGORITHM TO ENHANCE THE NETWORK SELECTION PERFORMANCE IN IN AN INTEGRATED UMTS/WLAN ENVIRONMENT},
booktitle={Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2006)},
year={2006},
pages={45-50},
publisher={SciTePress},
organization={INSTICC},
doi={10.5220/0002093600450050},
isbn={978-972-8865-65-8},
}


in EndNote Style

TY - CONF
JO - Proceedings of the International Conference on Wireless Information Networks and Systems - Volume 1: WINSYS, (ICETE 2006)
TI - AN ALGORITHM TO ENHANCE THE NETWORK SELECTION PERFORMANCE IN IN AN INTEGRATED UMTS/WLAN ENVIRONMENT
SN - 978-972-8865-65-8
AU - Nazari A.
AU - Yazdani N.
AU - Rezayi N.
PY - 2006
SP - 45
EP - 50
DO - 10.5220/0002093600450050