A Flexible and Generalized Framework for Access Network Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks
Abstract
The rapid development and integration of heterogeneous wireless networks provide ubiquitous communications for mobile users. The intelligent and multimodal mobile terminals should select the best access network at any time anywhere. However, the "best" is a complex and fuzzy concept, which has different meanings to different users and even to the same user under different conditions. There are various factors to consider when deciding which one is the best for a mobile terminal. In this paper, we design a generalized and flexible framework for the access network selection in heterogeneous wireless networks. The framework is generalized because it considers various factors in a comprehensive way to get the solutions. These factors can be classified as network-related or user-related, economic or non-economic, objective or subjective, accurate or fuzzy. Meanwhile, the framework is also flexible because these factors can be customized and adapted to specific solutions. Under the framework, given Nmobile terminals and M access networks, we have developed a novel access network selection scheme based on a Quantum-inspired Immune Clonal Algorithm (QICA). Experimental results demonstrate that our proposed scheme provides better utilities for both the users and the access networks, and also better services for users as compared with four other schemes.
Recommended Citation
X. Wang et al., "A Flexible and Generalized Framework for Access Network Selection in Heterogeneous Wireless Networks," Pervasive and Mobile Computing, vol. 40, pp. 556 - 576, Elsevier, Sep 2017.
The definitive version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.pmcj.2017.01.001
Department(s)
Computer Science
Research Center/Lab(s)
Intelligent Systems Center
Second Research Center/Lab
Center for High Performance Computing Research
Keywords and Phrases
Computer terminals; Heterogeneous networks; Mobile phones; Mobile telecommunication systems; Access network selections; Flexible framework; Heterogeneous wireless network; Network utility; User utility; Wireless networks; Generalized and flexible framework
International Standard Serial Number (ISSN)
1574-1192
Document Type
Article - Journal
Document Version
Citation
File Type
text
Language(s)
English
Rights
© 2017 Elsevier, All rights reserved.
Publication Date
01 Sep 2017
Comments
This work is supported by the National Science Foundation for Distinguished Young Scholars of China under Grant Nos. 61225012 and 71325002; the Natioanl Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant No. 61572123.