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Convergence in the Calculation of the Handoff Arrival Rate: A Log-Time Iterative Algorithm
EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking volume 2006, Article number: 015876 (2006)
Abstract
Modeling to study the performance of wireless networks in recent years has produced sets of nonlinear equations with interrelated parameters. Because these nonlinear equations have no closed-form solution, the numerical values of the parameters are calculated by iterative algorithms. In a Markov chain model of a wireless cellular network, one commonly used expression for calculating the handoff arrival rate can lead to a sequence of oscillating iterative values that fail to converge. We present an algorithm that generates a monotonic sequence, and we prove that the monotonic sequence always converges. Lastly, we give a further algorithm that converges logarithmically, thereby permitting the handoff arrival rate to be calculated very quickly to any desired degree of accuracy.
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Sarkar, D., Jewell, T. & Ramakrishnan, S. Convergence in the Calculation of the Handoff Arrival Rate: A Log-Time Iterative Algorithm. J Wireless Com Network 2006, 015876 (2006). https://doi.org/10.1155/WCN/2006/15876
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