Optimization of handoff delay and location prediction of mobile station using GPS integrated SIM module in cellular networks

Abstract

Booming development in cellular networks provides faster and seamless services to mobile user. Mobility management is an important issue in the area of mobile communication. Within the cellular networks, movement track of mobile station (MS) is provided by the location management. Location of mobile station has great attention and has potential for application and services to improve both location-based services and cellular network performance. So, several researchers are worked to develop methods and algorithms which increase the positioning accuracy and execution time [2][3][4][5][6]. In GSM network, MS has to activate the GPS mobile app to find the location of MS while it is traveling. But using this app, the network can find only the location of BS under which the MS currently resides. This paper discusses a new terminology which is used to know the exact location of a MS while it is moving. During a call, while a MS is travelling from one cell to another; this proposed network system can predict the next location of MS. This efficient location prediction leads to optimize the handoff delay and paging operation.