A novel framework for quality of service aware vertical handover process in heterogeneous wireless networks

Abstract

The evolution of wireless communication technology and the growing number of mobile users with various applications together have formed a heterogeneous environment of wireless communication networks with real-time availability and high bandwidth preferences. Everyone in the world wants consistent mobility to connect seamlessly to the best available network anytime and anywhere. Therefore, an efficient and Quality of Service (QoS) aware Vertical Handover (VHO) techniques are needed when the mobile connections have to switch from one network to another network to provide effective mobility performance, seamless connectivity, and high availability of connections. Applying efficient VHO process in a heterogeneous wireless network is still a big topic of interest in research field. It has been observed that existing handover techniques are not much capable of providing user preference and QoS aware mobile communication and network selection process. This problem incorporates various unwanted factors such as communication delay, inconsistent mobility, security towards the communication process. This paper discusses various existing research works that have been carried out to improve the VHO process to boost overall communication performance and to raise QoS of wireless mobile communications in the heterogeneousnetworks.