Optimizing parameters of active set and handover rate in mobile communications by implementing radio channels of Hata model

This research is an effort to obtain optimal parameters for mobile communication handover by observing variation in antenna height of the Hata propagation channel model. Mobile network is modeled by either a network consisting 2 base transceiver stations (BTSs) and 3 BTSs. The observed parameters are active set size and handover rate. Research work is carried out by using simulations. Simulation results show correlations between performance parameters and BTS antenna height. By utilizing the locally optimal algorithm, performance parameters can be further optimized. The optimization reduces the average size of the active set and handover average rate as well as maintains the signal quality.