USHA: A practical vertical handoff solution

Ling Jyh Chen*, Tony Sun, Mario Gerla

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We present a seamless handoff solution, called Universal Seamless Handoff Architecture (USHA). USHA is simple and requires minimal modification to the current Internet infrastructure. Therefore, it is instantly ready for real-world deployment. Using testbed experiments, we evaluate USHA by observing TCP (FTP downloading) behavior in various vertical handoff scenarios. The results shows that USHA can successfully maintain the application connectivity in all cases. Furthermore, the results also shows that when handoff from a low capacity link to a high capacity link, there is no service latency caused by the handoff; whereas when the handoff is from high capacity link to a lower capacity link, the non-negligible latency could not be alleviated unless early handoff notification can be provided.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2005 1st InternationalConference on Multimedia Services Access Networks, MSAN05
Pages83-87
Number of pages5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2005
Externally publishedYes
Event2005 1st InternationalConference on Multimedia Services Access Networks, MSAN05 - Orlando, FL, United States
Duration: 2005 Jun 132005 Jun 15

Publication series

Name2005 1st International Conference on Multimedia Services Access Networks, MSAN05
Volume2005

Other

Other2005 1st InternationalConference on Multimedia Services Access Networks, MSAN05
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando, FL
Period2005/06/132005/06/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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