A Fast Handoff Scheme for Multi-Connection Calls in Wireless ATM Networks

Sung Cheol CHANG  Dan Keun SUNG  

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IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications   Vol.E85-B   No.10   pp.2002-2011
Publication Date: 2002/10/01
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Print ISSN: 0916-8516
Type of Manuscript: Special Section PAPER (Special Issue on Mobile Multimedia Communications)
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Keyword: 
dynamic pre-allocated connection,  multi-connection,  fast handoff,  

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Summary: 
A dynamic pre-allocated connection (DPC) scheme is proposed to support fast handoff and to effectively utilize wireline links in a multi-connection call environment. Handoff can be quickly executed in real-time with reduced connection overhead, since the proposed scheme uses pre-allocated switched virtual connections (PSVCs). This dynamic resource management scheme increases link utilization due to statistical multiplexing effects. A path-loop elimination algorithm can be applied to remove duplicate resource usages. The DPC scheme in an environment of multi-connection calls is analyzed to obtain three probabilities; 1) new multi-connection call blocking probability, 2) multi-connection handoff call blocking probability, and 3) fast handoff failure probability.