• The KIPS Transactions:PartA
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• v.10A no.4
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• pp.381-388
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• 2003

Location tracking is used to keep track of the location information of a mobile terminal in an idle state for a cail setup between mobile terminals. In this paper, we introduce a location update algorithm based on the call arrival history, which is appropriate for a variable call arrival rate over time. The location tracking strategy which uses the proposed algorithm can find changes in the call arrival rate by maintaining a call arrival history of a mobile terminal, from which a mobile terminal can calculate an appropriate timeout interval for a variable call arrival rate. We show that the proposed scheme is appropriate for a variable call arrival rate by presenting a simple analytical model and analytical results to investigate its performance for both a fixed and a variable call arrival rate.