Topology-based tracking strategies for personal communication networks

This paper explores tracking strategies for mobile users in personal communication networks which are based on thetopology of the cells. We introduce the notion oftopology-based strategies in a very general form. In particular, the known paging areas, overlapping paging areas, reporting centers, and distance-based strategies are covered by this notion. We then compare two topology-based strategies with the time-based strategy on the line and mesh cell topology.