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Initially envisaged to support handover between different wireless 802.x network technologies, the IEEE 802.21 standard also appears as the good candidate for handover management in future integrated satellite / terrestrial systems. This paper presents an analysis of how this standard could be implemented in the frame of a realistic scenario and taking into account the current trends in wireless networks and mobility architectures. Our solution is then evaluated by means of emulation over a DVB-RCS representative testbed, and based on an experimental MIH implementation. We finally show that seamless handover can nearly be achieved with very short service outages.
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Arnal, F. et al. (2013). Handover Management for Hybrid Satellite/Terrestrial Networks. In: Pillai, P., Shorey, R., Ferro, E. (eds) Personal Satellite Services. PSATS 2012. Lecture Notes of the Institute for Computer Sciences, Social Informatics and Telecommunications Engineering, vol 52. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-36787-8_12
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