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Handoff Management in Green FEMTOCELL Network
| International Journal of Computer Applications |
| Foundation of Computer Science (FCS), NY, USA |
| Volume 27 - Number 4 |
| Year of Publication: 2011 |
| Authors: K.Sethom Ben Reguiga, F. Mhiri, R.Bouallegue |
10.5120/3292-4488
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K.Sethom Ben Reguiga, F. Mhiri, R.Bouallegue . Handoff Management in Green FEMTOCELL Network. International Journal of Computer Applications. 27, 4 ( August 2011), 1-7. DOI=10.5120/3292-4488
Abstract
Integrated femtocell/macrocell networks, comprising a conventional cellular network overlaid with femtocells, offer an economically appealing way to improve coverage, quality of service, and access network capacity. The key element to successful femtocells/macrocell integration lies in its self-organizing capability. Provisioning of quality of service is the main technical challenge of the femtocell/macrocell integrated networks, while the main administrative challenge is the choice of the proper evolutionary path from the existing macrocellular networks to the integrated network. In this paper, we propose a new Autonomic Architecture with self organizing capabilities based on the election of a Femtocell cluster Head (FH) for each group of Femtocell APs. The FH will be responsible to dynamically adjust the network overall coverage to save FAP energy and provide better QoS to users. Further it uses an advanced decision algorithm for intelligent handovers.
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