Since the handover policy is based on measurement taken in the MS (e.g., location information or RSSI), the RMPA handover supports an MS-initiated handover strategy.
The handover decision is based on the RSS measurement result.
The handover decision is based on the best equivalent SINR value.
To maintain a seamless service continuity, handover execution is based on mobile IP functionalities.
UE tend to connect to the macrocell even when the path loss conditions between the small cell and the UE are better, because the handover decision is based on the highest reference signal received power (RSRP) measured at a UE [21].
CAMMS is a cross-layer architecture where the handover decision is based on the information from at least two network layers, from the data link layer to the application layer.
Furthermore, the available knowledge on physicians' handovers is based predominantly on studies of medical trainees [ 11, 16, 17].
Since the commonly promoted handover standards are defined at the patient handover level, our analysis is based on a sampling of patients from within a sample of sessions.
Application level soft handover: since our proposal is based on an overlay network in which the peers are arranged in layers and clusters according to their connection conditions (bandwidth, delay, packet-loss, computational capacity, availability), it is mandatory to update this information whenever it is changed during the communication session.
As shown in Figure 3, since both the mobile device and the AS retain the security context, in the case of handover, mobile device's authentication is based on the previous mutual authentication between the device and the old AS.
