Vertical Handoff Algorithm Considering Load Balance and User Experience

MA Bin; ZHONG Shilin; XIE Xianzhong; CHEN Xin

doi:10.11999/JEIT210958

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MA Bin, ZHONG Shilin, XIE Xianzhong, CHEN Xin. Vertical Handoff Algorithm Considering Load Balance and User Experience[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2022, 44(12): 4218-4228. doi: 10.11999/JEIT210958

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MA Bin, ZHONG Shilin, XIE Xianzhong, CHEN Xin. Vertical Handoff Algorithm Considering Load Balance and User Experience[J]. Journal of Electronics & Information Technology, 2022, 44(12): 4218-4228. doi: 10.11999/JEIT210958

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Vertical Handoff Algorithm Considering Load Balance and User Experience

doi: 10.11999/JEIT210958

MA Bin^{1, 2},
ZHONG Shilin^{1, 2
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XIE Xianzhong²,
CHEN Xin^{1, 2}

1.
Institute of Computer Science and Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China
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Chongqing Key Laboratory of Computer Network and Communication Technology, Chongqing University of Posts and Telecommunications, Chongqing 400065, China

Funds: The Major Project of Science and Technology Research of Chongqing Education Commission (KJZD-M201900602), The Key Project of Science and Technology Research of Chongqing Education Commission (KJZD-M201800603), The Project of Science Research Innovation of Chongqing Graduate Students (CYS21305)

Received Date: 2021-09-09
Accepted Date: 2021-12-13
Rev Recd Date: 2021-12-10

Available Online: 2021-12-26

Publish Date: 2022-12-16

Abstract

Abstract

In ultra dense heterogeneous wireless networks, a vertical handoff algorithm considering Load Balancing and User Experience (LBUE) is proposed to solve the problem of network congestion caused by large-scale mobile terminals clustering in short time in urban traffic peak. Firstly, the network environment perception model is introduced to predict the future congestion degree of the network, and a network architecture integrating self-organizing network is proposed to alleviate network congestion. Secondly, the business fitness and negative return factor are defined, and an adaptive handoff decision algorithm based on Rank Sum Ratio(RSR) is proposed to screen out the most satisfactory target network for users in the current environment. Experimental results show that the algorithm can effectively reduce the blocking rate and call drop rate of terminal access network, achieve load balancing between networks and improve user experience.
- Vehicular ad hoc heterogeneous network,
- Network environment perception,
- Adaptive handover decision,
- Load balancing,
- User experience

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