Comparing soft and hard handoffs.
Journal
IEEE Trans. Vehicular Technology
Journal Volume
49
Journal Issue
3
Pages
792-798
Date Issued
2000
Author(s)
Lin, Yi-Bing
Abstract
This paper studies the soft-handoff mechanism and compares its performance with hard handoff. Our study indicates that although a handset may potentially consume extra radio links in soft handoff, the mechanism provides better opportunity to transfer the link successfully in the handoff procedure. Thus, by carefully planning the overlay areas of cells, soft handoff can outperform hard handoff.
Type
journal article