Paper Info
Title
Intelligent access network selection for data offloading in heterogeneous networks
Abstract
The selection of the most appropriate access network during handover or data offloading in heterogeneous wireless networks plays a vital role in providing the required Quality of Service (QoS) to mobile subscribers. The 3rd Partnership Project (3GPP) has therefore introduced the Access Network Discovery and Selection Function(ANDSF) in the core network to provide the user equipment(UE) with the required information for the discovery and selection of non-3GPP networks such as wireless Local Area Network (WLAN). Current ANDSF provides statically configured information which cannot guarantee the user QoS requirements. The proposed solution in this paper presents a scheme that provides the ANDSF with real time network performance indicators, which are used as input to a multi attribute decision making (MADM) algorithm implemented in the ANDSF for ranking of available access networks and providing inter system mobility policy to the UE. The results show an efficient access network selection policy that can provided the UE with the appropriate target access network for data offloading.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2015
PROCEEDINGS OF THE 2015 12TH IEEE AFRICON INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE - GREEN INNOVATION FOR AFRICAN RENAISSANCE (AFRICON)
Heterogeneous access network,Data offloading,Access network selection,ANDSF
Field
DocType
ISSN
Wireless network,Computer network,Wireless WAN,Access network discovery and selection function,Network Access Device,Heterogeneous network,Engineering,Network Access Control,Radio access network,UMTS Terrestrial Radio Access Network
Conference
2153-0025
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
1
0.35
6
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
joseph orimolade110.35
Neco Ventura212425.86