Mobility management and vertical handover decision making in heterogeneous wireless networks

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Mobility management and vertical handover decision

making in heterogeneous wireless networks

Mariem Zekri

To cite this version:

Mariem Zekri. Mobility management and vertical handover decision making in heterogeneous wireless networks. Networking and Internet Architecture [cs.NI]. Institut National des Télécommunications, 2012. English. �NNT : 2012TELE0002�. �tel-01538778�

Thèse n° 2012TELE0002.

Ecole Doctorale EDITE

Thèse présentée pour l’obtention du diplôme de

Docteur de Télécom & Management SudParis

Doctorat conjoint Télécom & Management SudParis et Université Pierre et Marie Curie Spécialité :

Informatique et Télécommunications Par

Mariem ZEKRI

Prise de décision de handover vertical pour la gestion de mobilité dans les

réseaux hétérogènes sans fil

Soutenue le 23 Janvier 2012 devant le jury composé de :

Mme Veronique VEQUE Rapporteur Faculté des Sciences d'Orsay

Mme Lynda MOKDAD Rapporteur Université Paris-Est Val de Marne

Mme Hassnaa MOUSTAFA Examinateur France Telecom - Orange Labs

Mr Guy PUJOLLE Examinateur UPMC – Paris 6

Mr Mounir FRIKHA Examinateur SUP’COM - Tunis

Mr ZEGHLACHE Djamal Directeur de thèse Télécom SudParis

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