An infrastructure cost evaluation of single- and multi-access networks with heterogeneous traffic density

IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference

Volumn 61, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 3166-3170

  Furuskär, Anders ^a   Almgren, Magnus ^a   Johansson, Klas ^b  

^a ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

3G; 4G; Infrastructure cost; Long Term 3G Evolution; Multi access; Tele economics; WCDMA; WLAN

Indexed keywords

CODE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO STATIONS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

3G; 4G; INFRASTRUCTURE COST; LONG-TERM 3G EVOLUTION; MULTI-ACCESS; TELE-ECONOMICS; WCDMA; WLAN;

TELECOMMUNICATION TRAFFIC;

EID: 26444483910     PISSN: 15502252     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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