Title
An Evidential Approach for Network Interface Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks.
Abstract
When several networks (e.g., Wi-Fi, UMTS, and LTE) cover the same region, the mobile terminals that are equipped with multiple network interfaces provide the possibility for mobile end-users to select their believed best network. This is known as the network selection problem, which is a decision making problem with multiple criteria (network conditions, service requirements, terminal characteristics, and user needs). Many network selection solutions using different mathematical theories have been proposed in the literature to allow the best connectivity for applications, users, and terminals. Unfortunately, most approaches for the network selection do not make effective selection decisions, since they are vulnerable to the uncertainty and imprecision related to network state information. In this paper, we investigate the belief functions theory to devise an efficient lightweight uncertainty-aware network interface selection scheme. We provide analytical studies and simulation experiments to demonstrate the efficiency of the proposed solution.
Year
Venue
Keywords
2016
IEEE Global Communications Conference
Heterogeneous Wireless Networks,Network Interface Selection,Belief functions theory
Field
DocType
ISSN
Network formation,Computer science,Network architecture,Computer network,Network simulation,Wireless WAN,Heterogeneous network,Distributed computing,Network management station,Intelligent computer network,Network interface
Conference
2334-0983
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
0
0.34
0
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Mohamed Abdelkrim Senouci1153.18
Mustapha Reda Senouci211414.41
Said Hoceini310613.84
Abdelhamid Mellouk467975.86