Context-aware computing support for network-assisted seamless vertical handover in remote patient monitoring

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  • Pravin Pawar
  • Bert Jan Van Beijnum
  • Hermie Hermens
  • Wac, Katarzyna
  • Dimitri Konstantas

The advances in the area of mobile computing is likely to make it feasible to predict the availability of wireless networks and their application level Quality of Service (QoS) characteristics along the user mobility path. Such predictions are referred to as QoS predictions which are provided by the QoS Context Source (QoSCS) hosted in the fixed network. On the multi-homed mobile devices, the QoS Predictions could be used for the handover to the optimal wireless network which satisfies the QoS requirements of the mobile applications. However, to achieve this functionality, a middleware support is necessary to obtain and make use of QoS predictions in realtime. To this end, we present design, architecture and validation of the context-aware computing support for network-assisted seamless vertical handover that uses QoS predictions to take a handover decision. We evaluate the proposed solution, in a case where it is applied in the mobile health care applications. The obtained simulation results encourage us to conduct the real-time system validation by employing the proposed solution.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2009 International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, WAINA 2009
Number of pages8
Publication date23 Oct 2009
Pages351-358
Article number5136673
ISBN (Print)9780769536392
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 23 Oct 2009
Event2009 International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, WAINA 2009 - Bradford, United Kingdom
Duration: 26 May 200929 May 2009

Conference

Conference2009 International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications Workshops, WAINA 2009
LandUnited Kingdom
ByBradford
Periode26/05/200929/05/2009
SponsorIEEE Computer Society
SeriesProceedings - International Conference on Advanced Information Networking and Applications, AINA
ISSN1550-445X

    Research areas

  • Context-aware computing, M-health services, Multi-homing, Vertical handover

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