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http://dx.doi.org/10.5909/JBE.2010.15.4.487

Hard Handover by the Adaptive Time-to-trigger Scheme based on Adaptive Hysteresis considering the Load Difference between Cells in 3GPP LTE System  

Jeong, Un-Ho (Kangwon National University, College of Information Technology, Electronic and Communication Engineering)
Kim, Dong-Hoi (Kangwon National University, College of Information Technology, Electronic and Communication Engineering)
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Journal of Broadcast Engineering / v.15, no.4, 2010 , pp. 487-497 More about this Journal
Abstract
In this paper, we propose a hard handover scheme which adaptively decides important handover parameters such as hysteresis and time-to-trigger values considering the load difference between the target and serving cells. First of all, the hysteresis value can be automatically adjusted according to the load difference, thus it is used to decide the handover trigger time. As a result, through the adaptive hysteresis scheme, handover drop rate is improved. However, this adaptive hysteresis scheme has a problem that the ping-pong effect, which occurs due to the frequent movement of mobile stations at the cell boundary, is increased. Therefore, to solve this problem, we propose a novel adaptive time-to-trigger scheme with the time-to-trigger which is in inverse proportion to the hysteresis value already established by the adaptive hysteresis scheme which adapts to the changing load difference between the target and serving cells. The simulation results show that the proposed adaptive time-to-trigger scheme based on the adaptive hysteresis is better than existing schemes in terms of handover drop rate and ping-pong generation.
Keywords
3GPP LTE; Hysteresis; Time-to-trigger; Handover Failure Rate; Ping-pong generation rate;
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