Handover Analysis for Vehicular Communication with Explainability on the Fly

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2608.14820v1
• Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2026 18:46:41 GMT
• Title: Handover Analysis for Vehicular Communication with Explainability on the Fly
• Abstract summary: Handover (HO) management in vehicular networks requires fast and reliable decision-making under dynamic conditions.<n>This paper investigates HO detection from an explainability-on-the-fly perspective using inherently interpretable models.
• Score: 5.849736173068869
• License: http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
• Abstract: Handover (HO) management in vehicular networks requires fast and reliable decision-making under highly dynamic conditions. While machine learning (ML) approaches can improve HO detection by capturing complex relationships among various key performance indicators (KPIs), their black-box nature limits interpretability and operator trust. To address this, this paper investigates HO detection from an explainability-on-the-fly perspective using inherently interpretable models based on the functional analysis of variance (fANOVA) framework. The proposed models are evaluated using two real-world operator datasets and compared against a Long Short-Term Memory baseline augmented with post-hoc SHAP explanations. Unlike post-hoc approaches, the proposed framework enables immediate interpretation of model decisions without incurring additional computational overhead. This capability is particularly critical for latency-sensitive vehicular networks. The results show that fANOVA-based models achieve competitive detection performance while providing significantly reduced explanation latency compared to conventional post-hoc methods. Furthermore, feature ranking and visualization analyses reveal physically meaningful relationships between KPIs and HO occurrences that align with standardized HO mechanisms. These results demonstrate that inherently interpretable models provide an efficient and transparent solution for HO detection in next-generation vehicular networks.

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