Paper Info
Title
A Multi-Parameter Based Vertical Handover Decision Scheme for M2M Communications in HetMANET.
Abstract
The Machine-to-Machine (M2M) communication has the potential to connect millions of devices in the near future. Since they agree on this potential, several standard organizations need to focus on improved general architecture for M2M communications. Currently, there is a lack of consensus to improve the general feasibility of M2M communication. Heterogeneous Mobile Ad hoc Networks (HetMANETs) can normally be considered appropriate for M2M challenges. When a mobile node (MN) moves inside a HetMANET, various challenges including a selection of the target network and energy efficient scanning take place, which need to be addressed for efficient handover. To cope with these issues, we propose a handover management scheme that efficiently initiates a handover process and selects an optimal network. Our proposed scheme is composed of two phases, i.e., i) the MN performs handover triggering based on the optimization of the Receive Signal Strength (RSS) from an access point/base station (AP/BS), and, ii) the network selection process is carried out by considering different parameters such as delay, jitter, velocity, network load, and energy consumption by the network interface. Moreover, if there are more networks available, then the MN selects the one that can provide the highest quality-of-service (QoS) using the Elimination and Choice Expressing Reality (ELECTRE) decision model. The performance of the proposed scheme is compared in the context of the number of handovers, average stay-time of an MN in the network, and energy consumption against periodic and adaptive scanning. Similarly, a two-state Markov model is defined that efficiently distribute the number nodes on the available access points and base stations. The proposed scheme efficiently optimizes the handoff related parameters and outperforms existing schemes.
Year
DOI
Venue
2015
10.1109/GLOCOM.2015.7417613
IEEE Global Communications Conference
Keywords
Field
DocType
M2M,HetMANET,RSS,QoS,ELECTRE
Mobile ad hoc network,Base station,Vertical handover,Computer science,Soft handover,Quality of service,Computer network,Real-time computing,Energy consumption,Handover,Network interface
Conference
ISSN
Citations 
PageRank 
2334-0983
1
0.35
References 
Authors
12
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Awais Ahmad137945.85
muhammad mazhar ullah rathore230121.15
Anand Paul352746.32
Seungmin Rho444138.53
Muhammad Ali Imran52920278.27
Mohsen Guizani66456557.44