Optimal radio resource management using hybrid handoffs in cellular networks

The optimal radio resource management (RRM) design is formulated as a Semi-Markov Decision Process optimization problem in this research. The stationary optimal call admission control policy, which adopts a hybrid handoff scheme, is determined by solving a set of linear programming equations under users' QoS constraints. The call admission control policy can choose actions of hard- or soft-handoff or simply rejecting the request, depending on the traffic conditions and QoS metrics. The performance is analyzed via simulation and compared with those of the non-controlled scheme and the fixed RRM scheme. Simulations are conducted by OPNET to study the performance under different traffic conditions.