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stds-802-handoff: Details on the 11 November 802 Handoff Tutorial



[I am posting this note primarily to get it onto the reflector 
archives for reference.]

IEEE 802 Tutorial:
"Handoff Mechanisms and their Role in IEEE 802 Wireless Standards"
11 November 2002, 6:30-9:30 pm
Organized by Roger Marks and Brian Kiernan
Co-sponsored by 802.16, 802.11, 802.15
Attendance: approximately 250

Abtract and Speaker Details
   http://ieee802.org/16/tutorial/T80216-02_03.pdf
Presentation Materials
   http://ieee802.org/16/tutorial/T80216-02_04.zip

Speakers
  Steve Dick, InterDigital Communications
  Avi Freedman, Hexagon System Engineering
  Joe Kwak, InterDigital Communications (T1P1 Representative)
  Bob O'Hara, Black Storm Networks (Editor, P802.11F Inter-Access 
Point Protocol)
  Richard Paine, Boeing (Chair, 802.11 Radio Resource Measurement Study Group)
  Charles Perkins, Nokia (Editor of numerous IEEE IP Mobility documents)
  TK Tan, Philips Semiconductors (Chair, Wireless LAN Interworking Group
  [802/ETSI/ARIB])

Abtract:
In traditional cellular networks, handoff of a terminal from one base 
station to another is a critical function to support mobile devices. 
Since such handoff is handled primarily at network Layers 3 and 4, it 
is not directly supported by IEEE 802 standards, which specify only 
Layers 1 and 2. As handoff is becoming increasingly important for 802 
wireless standards, this tutorial explores the general issue of 
handoff and the means by which it is achieved in cellular networks 
and in IP Mobility specifications. It also explores the means by 
which 802 standards might interface with higher layer mechanisms and 
thereby support handoff specified at higher layers. Since the focus 
is on the direct support of higher layer functionality, the general 
approach is that a single 802 handoff interface might be implemented 
for all 802 devices. This would allow handoff among mixed 802 
networks as well to and from non-802 systems.


Dr. Roger B. Marks  <mailto:marks@nist.gov>
Chair, IEEE 802.16 WG on Broadband Wireless Access <http://WirelessMAN.org>
National Institute of Standards and Technology/Boulder, CO, USA
tel: +1 303 497 3037   fax: +1 509 756 2642