Spectrum allocation in tiered cellular networks

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 3059-3068

  Chandrasekhar, Vikram ^a   Andrews, Jeffrey G ^a  

^a The University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

Basestation; Capacity; Cellular; Femtocell; Hierarchical; Macrocell; OFDMA; Overlay; Spectrum; Two tier

Indexed keywords

CAPACITY; CELLULAR; FEMTOCELL; HIERARCHICAL; MACROCELL; OFDMA; OVERLAY; SPECTRUM; TWO-TIER;

AD HOC NETWORKS; BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; MOBILE ANTENNAS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS;

FREQUENCY ALLOCATION;

EID: 70350582516     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2009.10.080529     Document Type: Article

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