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Understanding Handover in Telecommunications

1) Handover refers to transferring an ongoing call or data session between channels in cellular networks or transferring satellite control between earth stations without interrupting service. 2) American English uses the term "handoff" more commonly in organizations like 3GPP2 and CDMA2000, while British English uses "handover" more in groups like ITU-T, IETF, ETSI, and 3GPP. 3) Handover enables cellular systems to provide continuous calls by transferring an active call between cells, and different approaches aim to improve handover service based on metrics like forced termination and call blocking probabilities.

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Understanding Handover in Telecommunications

1) Handover refers to transferring an ongoing call or data session between channels in cellular networks or transferring satellite control between earth stations without interrupting service. 2) American English uses the term "handoff" more commonly in organizations like 3GPP2 and CDMA2000, while British English uses "handover" more in groups like ITU-T, IETF, ETSI, and 3GPP. 3) Handover enables cellular systems to provide continuous calls by transferring an active call between cells, and different approaches aim to improve handover service based on metrics like forced termination and call blocking probabilities.

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ABSTRACT

In cellular telecommunications, the term handover or handoff refers to the process


of transferring an ongoing call or data session from one channel connected to
the core network to another channel. In satellite communications it is the process of
transferring satellite control responsibility from one earth station to another without
loss or interruption of service.
American English uses the term handoff, and this is most commonly used
within some American organizations such as 3GPP2 and in American originated
technologies such as CDMA2000. In British English the term handover is more
common, and is used within international and European organizations such as ITUT, IETF, ETSI and 3GPP, and standardized within European originated standards
such as GSM and UMTS. The term handover is more common than handoff in
academic research publications and literature, while handoff is slightly more
common within the IEEE and ANSI organizations.

Figure: Handoff / Handover

Continuation of an active call is one of the most important quality


measurements in the cellular systems. Handoff process enables a cellular system to
provide such a facility by transferring an active call from one cell to another.
Different approaches are proposed and applied in order to achieve better handoff

service. The principal parameters used to evaluate handoff techniques are: forced
termination probability and call blocking probability. The mechanisms such as
guard channels and queuing handoff calls decrease the forced termination
probability while increasing the call blocking probability.

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