Dynamic User Demand Driven Online Network Selection

• Published in: IEEE communications letters Vol. 18; no. 3; pp. 419 - 422
• Main Authors: Du, Zhiyong, Wu, Qihui, Yang, Panlong
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY IEEE 01.03.2014; Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: Algorithms; Applied sciences; Convergence; Delays; Equipments and installations; Exact sciences and technology; Heuristic algorithms; Mobile radiocommunication systems; network handoff cost; Network selection; online learning; Operation, maintenance, reliability; Quality of service; Radiocommunications; Systems, networks and services of telecommunications; Telecommunications; Telecommunications and information theory; Throughput; user demand; Wireless communications; Wireless networks; Performance evaluation; Mobile radiocommunication; E-learning; Network selection; Wireless telecommunication; network handoff cost; Algorithm; Time variation; Remote teaching; Convergence speed; Selection problem; Simulation; On line processing; user demand; User requirement; Convergence rate; Handover; Wireless network; Service quality; online learning

Network selection plays a key role in reaping the potential benefit of heterogeneous wireless networks. Aiming at improving the user's quality of experience, we study the network selection problem with time-varying user demand and non-uniform network handoff costs in a dynamic environment. One...