Mobility Load Balancing in Cellular System with Multicriteria Handoff Algorithm

Efficient traffic load balancing algorithm is very important to serve more mobile users in the cellular networks. This paper is based on mobility load balancing handoff algorithm using fuzzy logic. The rank of the serving and the neighboring Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) are calculated every half...

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Main Authors: Solomon T. Girma, Abinet G. Abebe
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2017-01-01
Series:Advances in Fuzzy Systems
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2795905
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description Efficient traffic load balancing algorithm is very important to serve more mobile users in the cellular networks. This paper is based on mobility load balancing handoff algorithm using fuzzy logic. The rank of the serving and the neighboring Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) are calculated every half second with the help of measurement report from the two-ray propagation model. This algorithm is able to balance load of the BTS by handing off some ongoing calls on BTS’s edge of highly loaded BTS to move to overlapping underloaded BTS, such that the coverage area of loaded BTS virtually shrunk towards BTS center of a loaded sector. In case of low load scenarios, the coverage area of a BTS is presumed to be virtually widened to cover up to the partial serving area of neighboring BTS. This helps a highly loaded neighboring BTS or failed BTS due to power or transmission. Simulation shows that new call blocking and handoff blocking using the proposed algorithm are enhanced notably.
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spelling doaj-art-e151b6e63ffb472295b4cf89e6b4f3812025-08-20T03:21:06ZengWileyAdvances in Fuzzy Systems1687-71011687-711X2017-01-01201710.1155/2017/27959052795905Mobility Load Balancing in Cellular System with Multicriteria Handoff AlgorithmSolomon T. Girma0Abinet G. Abebe1Department of Electrical Engineering, Pan African University Institute of Sciences, Technology and Innovations, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEthio Telecom, Radio Access Network Rollout Department, Addis Ababa, EthiopiaEfficient traffic load balancing algorithm is very important to serve more mobile users in the cellular networks. This paper is based on mobility load balancing handoff algorithm using fuzzy logic. The rank of the serving and the neighboring Base Transceiver Stations (BTSs) are calculated every half second with the help of measurement report from the two-ray propagation model. This algorithm is able to balance load of the BTS by handing off some ongoing calls on BTS’s edge of highly loaded BTS to move to overlapping underloaded BTS, such that the coverage area of loaded BTS virtually shrunk towards BTS center of a loaded sector. In case of low load scenarios, the coverage area of a BTS is presumed to be virtually widened to cover up to the partial serving area of neighboring BTS. This helps a highly loaded neighboring BTS or failed BTS due to power or transmission. Simulation shows that new call blocking and handoff blocking using the proposed algorithm are enhanced notably.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2017/2795905
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