Handoff Optimization in Macrocell and Femtocell LTE Heterogeneous Network

Authors

  • Mohd Saufi Nasro Ali Wireless Communication Technology Group (WiCoT), Advanced Computing and Communication Communities of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Azita Laily Yusof Wireless Communication Technology Group (WiCoT), Advanced Computing and Communication Communities of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Norsuzila Ya’acob Wireless Communication Technology Group (WiCoT), Advanced Computing and Communication Communities of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Melati Ismail Wireless Communication Technology Group (WiCoT), Advanced Computing and Communication Communities of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Muhammad Aiman Zainali Wireless Communication Technology Group (WiCoT), Advanced Computing and Communication Communities of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Mastura Rosdi Wireless Communication Technology Group (WiCoT), Advanced Computing and Communication Communities of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.
  • Basyirah Abu Bakar Wireless Communication Technology Group (WiCoT), Advanced Computing and Communication Communities of Research, Faculty of Electrical Engineering, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), 40450 Shah Alam, Selangor Darul Ehsan, Malaysia.

Keywords:

Long Term Evolution (LTE), Femtocell, Heterogeneous Network, Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP), Probability False Handoff Initiate (Pa), Probability Handoff Failure (Pf),

Abstract

Nowadays, everybody use handphones to communicate or surf the internet. In order to cope with the users demand and capacity, Long Term Evolution (LTE) has been introduced as the new technology which is consists of macrocell, picocell and femtocell heterogeneous networks. The deployment of this femtocell will help to offload traffic in macrocell LTE heterogeneous network. However, this deployment has negative impact on the handoff performance especially when mobile devices roam across heterogeneous access networks. Therefore; this research presents frameworks to minimize the unnecessary handover for femtocell to femtocell and macrocell to femtocell in LTE heterogeneous network. Two parameters are used which are speed and handoff types in order to see the variation of Reference Signal Received Power (RSRP). The simulation results show that the value of distance should be adaptive to the velocity and handoff types of UE in order to reduce the unnecessary handover and hence improved the handoff performance in LTE heterogeneous network.

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Published

2017-06-01

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Ali, M. S. N., Yusof, A. L., Ya’acob, N., Ismail, M., Zainali, M. A., Rosdi, M., & Abu Bakar, B. (2017). Handoff Optimization in Macrocell and Femtocell LTE Heterogeneous Network. Journal of Telecommunication, Electronic and Computer Engineering (JTEC), 9(2-3), 45–48. Retrieved from https://jtec.utem.edu.my/jtec/article/view/2271

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Vol. 9 No. 2-3: Circuit and System Advancement in Modern World II

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