EE 548 Mobility Management in Cellular Networks
Location management Location updates: mobile to network Paging: network to mobile Location information dissemination: within network
Mobility management references Pahlavan an d Krishnamurthy, Principles of Wireless Networks, Prentice Hall, 2002
Handoff management 1.Handoff decision initiation 2. Connection rerouting
Handoff considerations Cellular: network controls the handoff WLAN: mobile controls the handoff
Handoff management process (VLR) (HLR)
Separate signaling network used for call management