Analysis of handover performance in mobile WiMAX networks: article / Noor Nabila Huda Yacob

Mobile terminals allow users to access service while on the move. This unique feature has driven the rapid growth in the mobile network industry, changing it from a new technology into a massive industry in less than two decades. The handover performance in mobile network is the most important factor that can influence the Quality of Service (QoS). Nowadays, many countries in the world have move to more advance mobile communication system such as IEEE 802.16e Mobile WiMAX standard. The parameters such as handover time, throughput and packet delay are the main factors which affect the mobile WiMAX network performance. OPNET 14.5 is used to simulate the technologies were provided and the network design was described. The methodology was in section III. Follow by the simulation results were described in Section IV and the conclusion in Section V. II. BACKGROUND In this Section, an overview of Mobile WiMAX and handover in mobile WiMAX technologies and the content are presented. The network configurations that were simulated in this project were also described briefly. mobileWiMAX handover process.