Context-aware mechanism for IEEE 802.21 media independent handover

Miao Xiong, Jiannong Cao, Jun Zhang

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Abstract

The IEEE Media Independent Handover (MIH) services are not aware of different user contexts, and thus cannot provide context-aware services to improve user experience. To address this problem, we extend MIH with a context-awareness module. More specifically, we present a context-aware mechanism for generating timely MIH Link Going Down (LGD) event that triggers handover preparation before losing the current connection. Unlike existing works, which focus on signal strength threshold, our proposed mechanism can guarantee user required handover preparation time. Experiment results show that our mechanism can generate timely MIH LGD event.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 20th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2011 - Proceedings
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 26 Sept 2011
Event2011 20th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2011 - Maui, HI, United States
Duration: 31 Jul 20114 Aug 2011

Conference

Conference2011 20th International Conference on Computer Communications and Networks, ICCCN 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMaui, HI
Period31/07/114/08/11

Keywords

  • Context-Awareness
  • Handover preparation time estimation
  • IEEE 802.21
  • MIH link going down event

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Software

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