Author : Abdessadek Aaroud, Khalid Zine-Dine and Mohamed Kasri

NS-3 is a C++ open source framework used by researchers and practitioners to test enhanced techniques for improving networks especially 4G cellular networks (LTE and A-LTE), many modules have still not covered completely by this simulator especially the Handover function. In this paper a new LTE HO decision algorithm is proposed and deployed in NS-3. The effectiveness of the proposed algorithm has been tested and verified into NetAnim simulator environment

Keywords: NS-3, NetAnim, Open source simulator, LTE, Handover Decision.

Article published in International Journal of Current  Engineering  and Technology, Vol.4,No.2 (April- 2014)