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Efficient Handover Schemes for Railroad Communications in 4G Mobile Networks

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IT Convergence and Security 2012

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Because of its convenience and environmental benefits, public transportation like railroad transportation is getting more attention. Railroad communication has its unique characteristics because of its unique network configuration. This paper proposes novel handover schemes for railroad communications. Railroad communication network configuration is explained in order to utilize favorable characteristics of railroad communications. In this paper, railroad handover zone is newly proposed for efficient handover and group handover is also proposed in order to reduce handover control overhead. With little modification, the proposed schemes can be applied to machine-to-machine vehicular communications where devices in a moving vehicle communicate with a server in the network.

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This research was supported by Basic Science Research Program through the National Research Foundation of Korea (NRF) funded by the Ministry of Education, Science and Technology (2012R1A1A1014610).

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Kim, R.Y., Kim, B. (2013). Efficient Handover Schemes for Railroad Communications in 4G Mobile Networks. In: Kim, K., Chung, KY. (eds) IT Convergence and Security 2012. Lecture Notes in Electrical Engineering, vol 215. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-5860-5_26

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