A simple and scalable handoff prioritization scheme

To overcome this problem, a simple and scalable handoff prioritization scheme called SiS-HoP is proposed. It dynamically reserves resources for handoff purposes. This way, SiS-HoP limits the number of sessions, which are interrupted in case of a handoff, to less than 1%. This is achieved without compromising the resource utilization in scenarios with many non-mobile terminals. In contrast to existing schemes, SiS-HoP is well suited for future IP-based mobile networks with small cells where a high number of handoffs may occur during the lifetime of a session.