Multi-Radio Cooperation Techniques and Convergence of Heterogeneous Networks
Baoyu Zheng · ZTE communications · 2008
The convergence of heterogeneous networks is the trend of future network development. However, many bottlenecks exist in the convergence such as high delay, high energy consumption, low communication rate, etc. To overcome these bottlenecks and to satisfy the requirements of heterogeneous networks convergence, Multi-Radio Cooperation (MRC) techniques have recently become an active realm. The MRC techniques can improve the network capacity, reduce the energy consumption of wireless devices and decrease the handoff delay by cooperation of multiple radios, management efficiency, and feasible allocation of multi-radio resources. The MRC techniques offer the feasibility of realization for seamless connectivity of heterogeneous networks.