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We propose a modification of the IEEE 802.16e hard handover (HHO) procedure, which significantly reduces the handover latency constraint of the original HHO procedure in IEEE 802.16e networks. It allows a better handling of the delay-sensitive traffic by avoiding unnecessary time-consuming scanning and synchronization activity as well as simplifies the network re-entry procedure. With the help of the backhaul network, it reduces the number of control messages in the original handover policy, making the handover latency acceptable also for real-time streaming traffic. Preliminary performance evaluation studies show that the modified handover procedure is able to reduce the total handover latency by about 50%.
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Ray, S.K., Pawlikowski, K., Sirisena, H. (2009). A Fast MAC-Layer Handover for an IEEE 802.16e-Based WMAN. In: Wang, C. (eds) AccessNets. AccessNets 2008. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 6. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-04648-3_8
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