Analysis of cumulative handoff delay for graded secondary users in cognitive radio networks

According to the fact that the secondary users＇ delay requirements for data transmission are not unitary in cognitive radio networks, the secondary users are divided into two classes, denoted by SU1 and SU2, respectively. It is assumed that SU1 has a higher priority to occupy the primary users＇ unutilized channels than SU2. A preemptive resume priority M/G/1 queuing network is used to model the multiple spectrum handoffs processing. By using a state transition probability matrix and a cost matrix, the average cumulative delays of SU1 and SU2 are calculated, respectively. Numerical results show that the more the primary user＇s traffic load, the more rapidly the SU2＇s cumulative handoff delay grows. Compared with the networks where secondary users are unitary, the lower the SUI＇s arrival rate, the more obviously both SUI＇s and SU2＇s handoff delays decrease. The admission access regions limited by the maximum tolerable delay can also facilitate the design of admission control rules for graded secondary users.

A packet loss avoidance handoff scheme

The basic mobile IP protocol is simple but only suitable for wide area and low speed networks. In this paper, we propose a novel micro-mobile IP handoff scheme, that is the packet loss avoidance handoff scheme. By using an additional cache at the base station and distinguishing packets with packet IDs, the proposed scheme minimizes the number of lost packets during handoff. Network architecture and detailed handoff procedures are given. We also analyze the cache size at the base station, the associated network load with the handoff procedure, and the handoff delay. The scheme is investigated by computer simulations. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is suitable for environments with fast mobility and frequent handoff.

Spectrum Handoff Scheme Based on Recommended Channel Sensing Sequence

We consider the spectrum handoff delay of a Secondary User(SU)in cognitive radio networks.We propose a spectrum handoff scheme based on Recommended Channel Sensing Sequence(RCSS),which aims to optimise the spectrum handoff delay subject to the sensing reliability and link maintenance constraints.There are two cases that should be considered:1)the SU performs spectrum handoff successfully during the current frame,and 2)the SU successfully performs the spectrum handoff using several frames.We develop a dynamic programming algorithm for RCSS to identify the optimal sensing sequence for the first case,and an updating algorithm for RCSS to improve the handoff performance for the second case.The numerical results confirm that the proposed RCSS handoff scheme can achieve better handoff delay performance than others when the received signal-to-noise ratios of the Pus' signals on different channels are non-identical.

Pre-scan based fast handoff scheme for enterprise IEEE 802.11 networks

In IEEE 802.11 networks, many access points（APs） are required to cover a large area due to the limited coverage range of APs, and frequent handoffs may occur while a station（STA） is moving in an area covered by several APs. However, traditional handoff mechanisms employed at STAs introduce a few hundred milliseconds delay, which is far longer than what can be tolerated by some multimedia streams such as voice over Internet protocol（Vo IP）, it is a challenging issue for supporting seamless handoff service in IEEE 802.11 networks. In this paper, we propose a pre-scan based fast handoff scheme within an IEEE 802.11 enterprise wireless local area network（EWLAN） environment. The proposed scheme can help STA obtain the best alternative AP in advance after the pre-scan process, and when the handoff is actually triggered, STA can perform the authentication and reassociation process toward the alternative AP directly. Furthermore, we adopt Kalman filter to minimize the fluctuation of received signal strength（RSS）, thus reducing the unnecessary pre-scan process and handoffs. We performed simulations to evaluate performance, and the simulation results show that the proposed scheme can effectively reduce the handoff delay.