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In this paper, we discuss views concerning different approaches to the analysis of personal communication systems (PCSs): an outside observer's point of view, a user's point of view, and a base station's point of view. In these three approaches the paper focuses on the handover mechanism rather than on the data traffic modeling. In particular, we reexamine these different methods of analysis, combine these views with our approach, and propose a new queueing model. We take into account the speed factor and show that the ordinary measurements that are based on the state probabilities are not appropriate. In addition, we propose a layered queueing model in which low-speed and high-speed users are treated differently.
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Toloo, M., Mouftah, H.T. Handover mechanism and speed considerations in personal communication systems. Int J Wireless Inf Networks 3, 79–88 (1996). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02107049
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