Efficient location and paging area planning in future cellular systems

Wireless Personal Communications

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 83-109

  Demestichas, P P ^a   Demesticha, V P ^a   Tzifa, E C ^a   Kazantzakis, M G ^a   Anagnostou, M E ^a  

^a NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; HEURISTIC METHODS; INTELLIGENT NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PAGING SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

LAST INTERACTION BASED PAGING; LOCATION AREA; LOCATION UPDATE; PAGING AREA;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0033904559     PISSN: 09296212     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1023/A:1008821429788     Document Type: Article

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