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Direction biased handoff algorithms for urban microcells

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A novel class of direction biased handoff algorithms are proposed for improving the handoff performance in urban microcells. Multi-cell handoff properties are obtained for a cell layout consisting of base stations at every other intersection of a Manhattan street grid. The direction biased handoff algorithms are shown to improve cell membership properties by simultaneously reducing the mean number of handoffs and handoff delay. A signal strength based direction estimator is shown improve handoff performance for line-of-sight handoffs.

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  1. BellSouth Cellular Corp., 1100 Peachtree St. N.E., Ste. 12D01, 30309, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Mark D. Austin

  2. School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, 30332-0250, Atlanta, Georgia, USA

    Gordon L. Stüber

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This research was supported by Nortel and completed while Dr. Austin was a Ph.D. student at Georgia Tech. Portions of this paper were presented in the Vehicular Technology Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, June 7–10, 1994.

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Austin, M.D., Stüber, G.L. Direction biased handoff algorithms for urban microcells. Wireless Personal Communications 3, 287–298 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00354876

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