Re: Question about phraseology in Docs for Cellular

[Ned Bedinger <doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com>]

> Jan Cohen mentioned using "handoff" rather than "handover". It may be that
> this term is used on the old analog systems, but I would avoid using it for
> GSM/3G digital cellular, as the term "handover" is specified in the GSM
> specifications, and users familiar with the system will know precisely what
> you mean when you use that word.
>   

Here's an interesting twist. The following academic paper from 2006 
suggests to me that there are boundary conditions for the 
handover/handoff terminology. It claims that "Vertical handoï is a 
switching process between heterogeneous wireless networks in a hybrid 
3G/WLAN network."

*http://tinyurl.com/37s787*


Not to say that handover (the UK's synonym for handoff) would be wrong 
in that context, just that handover as the standard 3G term, might not 
be preferred in all 3G contexts.

Have fun,

Ned Bedinger
doc -at- edwordsmith -dot- com





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