Research Article

Vertical Handover Decision Algorithm Using Multicriteria Metrics in Heterogeneous Wireless Network

Table 4

Performance improvement comparisons.

Performance improvement (%)Equal priority
Multicriteria versus conventional method
Mobile priority
Multicriteria versus conventional method
Network priority
Multicriteria versus conventional method

Number of handoffs46.6090.4184.60
Balance index−3.660.0918.03
Average blocking probability−7.05−8.6920.23