Editorial :WiMAX, LTE, and WiFi interworking
Recently wireless network interworking has become an important area of research in academia and industry. This is due to the huge diversity of wireless network types, which range from wireless body area network (WBAN) covering areas up to a few inches to wireless regional area networks (WRANs)...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Hindawi Publishing Corporation
2010
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/23531/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23531/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23531/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/23531/1/WIMAX%2C_LTE_and_WiFI.pdf |
| Summary: | Recently wireless network interworking has become an
important area of research in academia and industry. This
is due to the huge diversity of wireless network types, which
range from wireless body area network (WBAN) covering
areas up to a few inches to wireless regional area networks
(WRANs) covering up to several miles. All these types
of networks have been developed separately with different
usage and applications scenarios, which make interworking
between them a challenging task.
Themain challenges in wireless interworking of connecting
the cellular network with the other wireless networks
include issues like security, seamless handover, location and
emergency services, cooperation, and QoS. The developed
interworking mechanisms, that is, unlicensed mobile access
(UMA), IP Multimedia Subsystem (IMS), and Media independent
handover (MIH), due to the characteristics of
wireless channel, need to be analyzed and tested under
various circumstances. |
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