Handover prioritizing scheme for reducing call failure probability in cellular wireless network

Abstract

AbstractThis paper proposes a scheme suitable for managing handover in wireless cellular network. The main objective of the proposed scheme is to reduce the probability of forced termination of ongoing call due to handover failure. The scheme employs a queuing discipline, and the priority of queued is based on the residual time of the mobile user in the overlap region between two adjacent cells, assuming that the user's location and speed can be determined, then we applied the ascending priority; it means that the users having a shorter residual time join the head of the queue (i.e., high priority) while those having longer residual time at the end of the queue (i.e., low priority). Fixed channel allocation strategy (FCA) is employed and simulation results obtained concern: call blocking probability (CBP), handover failure probability, and average waiting time in the queue. Also simulation results are compared to those obtained by: non‐prioritized scheme (FCA), and FCA queuing with FIFO discipline. Results show that our proposed method decreases significantly handover failure probability compared with other two schemes. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.