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An approach to performance evaluation of cellular mobile networksis proposed, which includes the behavior of handover algorithmsin the computation of outage probability.In a general system scenario, with a central cluster and interferingbase stations, the average outage probability is computed along a trip of themobile terminal that involves crossing the boundary between adjacent cells.The effects of correlated co-channel interferersare accounted for in the computationof outage probability, as well as in the dynamics of a relative signalstrengthhandover algorithm.Numerical results are provided and discussed as obtained over a wide rangeof values of system parameters, namely cluster size and channel parameters.Trade-off curves are shown in terms of outage probability and cross-overpoint versus the average number of handovers, and possible design criteriaare outlined.It is also seen that the local outage analysis (without handover triggering)can be referred to as a lower performance bound in cases of practicalinterest.
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Graziosi, F., Pratesi, M., Ruggieri, M. et al. Outage Performance with Handover Triggering in Cellular Mobile Networks. Wireless Personal Communications 16, 173–192 (2001). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1026516531218
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