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Handoff Cost Minimization and Planning of Heterogeneous Integrated Overlay Networks: Meta-Heuristics Based Approach

Handoff Cost Minimization and Planning of Heterogeneous Integrated Overlay Networks: Meta-Heuristics Based Approach

Ayan Paul, Madhubanti Maitra, Swarup Mandal, Samir Kumar Sadhukhan
Copyright: © 2012 |Pages: 16
ISBN13: 9781613504772|ISBN10: 1613504772|EISBN13: 9781613504789
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61350-477-2.ch003
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Paul, Ayan, et al. "Handoff Cost Minimization and Planning of Heterogeneous Integrated Overlay Networks: Meta-Heuristics Based Approach." Next Generation Data Communication Technologies: Emerging Trends, edited by Debashis Saha and Varadharajan Sridhar, IGI Global, 2012, pp. 49-64. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-477-2.ch003

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Paul, A., Maitra, M., Mandal, S., & Sadhukhan, S. K. (2012). Handoff Cost Minimization and Planning of Heterogeneous Integrated Overlay Networks: Meta-Heuristics Based Approach. In D. Saha & V. Sridhar (Eds.), Next Generation Data Communication Technologies: Emerging Trends (pp. 49-64). IGI Global. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-477-2.ch003

Chicago

Paul, Ayan, et al. "Handoff Cost Minimization and Planning of Heterogeneous Integrated Overlay Networks: Meta-Heuristics Based Approach." In Next Generation Data Communication Technologies: Emerging Trends, edited by Debashis Saha and Varadharajan Sridhar, 49-64. Hershey, PA: IGI Global, 2012. https://doi.org/10.4018/978-1-61350-477-2.ch003

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Abstract

The wireless technology market has witnessed a complete paradigm shift as multiple standards and protocols are emerging almost every day. Each and every standard has its limitations and merits, which can be either masked or complemented by some other standards. The demands from the service providers are now sky-high and for the complete commercialization, it is expected that even with scarce network resources all kind of services would be provided, especially in a cost effective manner. This burning issue compels a service provider to roll out some integrated wireless networks to exploit the virtues of each. This chapter formulates the planning problem of an overlay network integrating particularly, 3G, WiMAX, and WLAN. The issue of planning is to establish proper connectivity amongst the three network standards which is unique in its nature. In the proposed planning approach, the authors have endeavored to minimize total cost for vertical handoff generated in the overlay network as well as the cost for wire line connection amongst the various network gateways of the overlay hierarchy. In this work, the authors have focused on the initial planning phase. For validating the novel planning problem, the chapter has taken recourse to simulated annealing (SA) and a well cited meta-heuristic H-II. The authors have also presented comparison of the performances of SA and H-II with a variant of distance based planning (DBP) scheme in this domain.

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