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The MIH (Media Independent Handover) contribution to Mobility Management in a heterogeneous railway communication context: a 802.11 /802.16 case study

Publication date: March 24, 2011

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Abstract

In this paper we propose the use of the IEEE802.21 protocol in the railway context to enhance the highly frequent, repeated and foreseeable handovers between different radio access technologies. This standard specifies IEEE802 media access-independent mechanisms that optimize handovers between heterogeneous IEEE802 systems and between IEEE 802 systems and cellular systems. The global aim is to contribute to develop a seamless layer that provides independence to the application layers from the radio access technology underneath. A case study with two out of the most popular radio access technologies, IEEE802.11 and IEEE 802.16 is undertaken.