Context-awareness is a vital requirement of heterogeneous devices which allows them to predict future network conditions with sufficient accuracy. In this paper we present a proactive modelling-based approach for policy management which allows the mobile node to calculate Time Before Vertical Handover for open and closed environments.
The paper explains how the knowledge of this component can
improve the manner in which multi-class traffic streams are
allocated to available network channels. Simulation results
confirm the feasibility of the concept
