An energy efficient vertical handover decision algorithm

Xavier Pons, Agapi Mesodiakaki, Christophe Gruet, Lirida Naviner, Ferran Adelantado, Luis Alonso, Christos Verikoukis

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Abstract

As wireless communications evolve towards heterogeneous networks, mobile terminals have been enabled to handover seamlessly from one network to another. At the same time, the continuous increase in the terminal power consumption has resulted in an ever-decreasing battery lifetime. To that end, the network selection is expected to play a key role on how to minimize the energy consumption, and thus to extend the terminal lifetime. Hitherto, terminals select the network that provides the highest received power. However, it has been proved that this solution does not provide the highest energy efficiency. Thus, this paper proposes an energy efficient vertical handover algorithm that selects the most energy efficient network that minimizes the uplink power consumption. The performance of the proposed algorithm is evaluated through extensive simulations and it is shown to achieve high energy efficiency gains compared to the conventional approach.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1145-1150
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9781479974702
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 18 Mar 2014
Externally publishedYes
Event2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2014 - Austin, United States
Duration: 8 Dec 201412 Dec 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2014

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period8/12/1412/12/14

Keywords

  • Energy efficiency
  • Handover decision algorithm
  • LTE
  • Vertical handover
  • Wi-Fi

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