Performance analysis of a handoff scheme for two-tier cellular CDMA networks

A two-tier model is used in cellular networks to improve the Quality of Service (QoS), namely to reduce the blocking probability of new calls and the forced termination probability of ongoing calls. One tier, the microcells, is used for slow or stationary users, and the other, the macrocell, is used...

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Main Authors: Ahmed Hamad, Ehab Morsy, Sameh Adel
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2011-07-01
Series:Egyptian Informatics Journal
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1110866511000247