Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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449043 | Computer Communications | 2011 | 13 Pages |
Abstract
Wireless technologies, under the “Anywhere, Anytime” paradigm, offer users the promise of being always attached to the network. Mobile devices enabled with multiple wireless technologies make possible to maintain seamless connectivity in highly dynamic scenarios such as vehicular networks (VNs), switching from one wireless network to another by using vertical handover techniques (VHO). In this paper we present an overview of VHO techniques, along with the main algorithms, protocols and tools proposed in the literature. In addition we suggest the most appropriate VHO techniques to efficiently communicate in VN environments considering the particular characteristics of this type of networks.
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Authors
Johann Márquez-Barja, Carlos T. Calafate, Juan-Carlos Cano, Pietro Manzoni,