Evolving femtocell coverage optimization algorithms using genetic programming

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 2132-2136

  Ho, Lester T W ^a   Ashraf, Imran ^a   Claussen, Holger ^a  

^a Bell Laboratories UK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coverage optimization; Femtocell; Genetic programming; Self organizing networks

Indexed keywords

FEMTOCELL; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO COMMUNICATION;

COVERAGE OPTIMIZATIONS; ENTERPRISE ENVIRONMENT; FEMTO-CELLS; OVERALL NETWORKS; PLUG AND PLAY; SELF CONFIGURATION; SELF-OPTIMIZATION; SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORK;

GENETIC PROGRAMMING;

EID: 77952862990     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2009.5450062     Document Type: Conference Paper

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