Minimization of cell-based handoff delays to balance the load in fiber optic micro-cellular systems

This paper considers the scheduling of cell-based handoffs to balance the traffic in a fiber-optic microcellular system. In the system depending on the order of cell based handoff, periodical balancing of the traffic among microcells can be achieved. The cell based handoff problem is formulated as a dynamic programming and the computational complexity is analyzed. Since the scheduling problem requires real time solution, heuristic algorithms are proposed and the computational results are discussed.