Abstract—Velocityhasanon-neglectableinfluenceonthehandoverdelayexperiencedbyauserifthehandoveristriggeredonaradio-signal-measurement(RSM)basedhandoverscheme.AssumingcurrentlyusedRSMschemesemployingsignalaveraging(low-passfiltering)andahysteresismargin,theanalyticaldescriptionofthedelayis