The infrastructure efficiency of cellular wireless networks

Computer Networks

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 941-959

  Whitaker, Roger M ^a   Raisanen, Larry ^a   Hurley, Steve ^a  

^a CARDIFF UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cell planning; Channel assignment; Network design

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; COST EFFECTIVENESS; HEURISTIC METHODS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIMEDIA SYSTEMS; PLANNING;

CELL PLANNING; CELLULAR NETWORK; CHANNEL ASSIGNMENT; NETWORK DESIGN;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 20144372378     PISSN: 13891286     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comnet.2004.11.014     Document Type: Article

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