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Table 1 Summary of notations

From: Call admission control with heterogeneous mobile stations in cellular/WLAN interworking systems

Notation

Meaning

λ w d c a

Mean arrival rate of new WLAN-only calls in a double coverage area

λ c d c a

Mean arrival rate of new cellular-only calls in a double coverage area

λ c c o a

Mean arrival rate of new cellular-only calls in a cellular only area

λ w c d c a

Mean arrival rate of new dual access calls in a double coverage area

λ w c c o a

Mean arrival rate of new dual access calls in a cellular only area

λ w c c → c

Mean arrival rate of horizontal handoff dual access calls

λ c c → c

Mean arrival rate of horizontal handoff cellular only calls

λ w c w → c

Mean arrival rate of upward vertical handoff calls

λ w c c → w

Mean arrival rate of downward vertical handoff calls

T dca

Residence time in a double coverage area

T coa

Residence time in a cellular only area

p c o a → d c a

Probability of a user moving from a cellular only area to a double coverage area

p c o a → c o a

Probability of a user moving from a cellular only area to a neighbor cellular only area

T v

Call duration

T w c , d c a c a

Cell residence time of dual access calls accepted by the cellular network in a double coverage area

T c , d c a c a

Cell residence time of cellular only calls accepted by the cellular network in a double coverage area

T w c , c o a c a

Cell residence time of cellular only calls accepted by the cellular network in a cellular only area