QoE oriented cross-layer design of a resource allocation algorithm in beyond 3G systems

Computer Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 571-582

  Ameigeiras, Pablo ^a   Ramos Munoz, Juan J ^a   Navarro Ortiz, Jorge ^a   Mogensen, Preben ^b,c   Lopez Soler, Juan M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c Nokia Siemens Networks R and D   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Cross layer design; HTTP subjective quality survey; Long term evolution; Quality of experience (QoE); Utility function

Indexed keywords

CROSS-LAYER DESIGN; LONG TERM EVOLUTION; QUALITY OF EXPERIENCES; SUBJECTIVE QUALITY; UTILITY FUNCTIONS;

AD HOC NETWORKS; DESIGN; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; HTTP; INTERNET PROTOCOLS; JITTER; MAPPING; ORTHOGONAL FUNCTIONS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; WORLD WIDE WEB;

RESPONSE TIME (COMPUTER SYSTEMS);

EID: 74849113919     PISSN: 01403664     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.comcom.2009.10.016     Document Type: Article

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