Geographic load balancing for WCDMA mobile networks using a bubble oscillation algorithm

IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC

Volumn 3, Issue , 2005, Pages 1717-1719

  Du, Lin ^a   Bigham, John ^b   Cuthbert, Laurie ^b  

^a PHILIPS RESEARCH LABORATORIES   (Netherlands)

^b QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Antenna; Geographic load balancing; Mobile cellular network; Simulation; WCDMA

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTENNAS; CELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTELLIGENT CONTROL; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; REAL TIME SYSTEMS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

GEOGRAPHIC LAOD BALANCING; LOAD BALANCING SCHEME; MOBILE CELLULAR NETWORKS; WCDMA;

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 24944570590     PISSN: 15253511     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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