Teletraffic analysis of hierarchical cellular communication networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 52, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 931-946

  Boggia, Gennaro ^a   Camarda, Pietro ^a   Di Fonzo, Nicola ^b  

^a POLITECNICO DI BARI   (Italy)

^b Siemens Business Service   (Italy)

Author keywords

Cellular networks; Hierarchical network; Queueing model; User mobility

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); COMPUTER SIMULATION; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; QUEUEING NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

CELLULAR COMMUNICATION NETWORKS; CHANNEL ALLOCATION; TELETRAFFIC ANALYSIS;

CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS;

EID: 0043285978     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2003.808804     Document Type: Article

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