A roadmap from UMTS optimization to LTE self-optimization

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 172-182

  Sallent, Oriol ^a   Pérez Romero, Jordi ^a   Sánchez González, Juan ^a   Agustí, Ramon ^a   Díaz Guerra, Miguel Ángel ^b   Henche, David ^b   Paul, Daniel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b Telefónica ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3RD GENERATION PARTNERSHIP PROJECT (3GPP); DRIVE TEST; FUTURE NETWORKS; GAIN INSIGHT; KEYPOINTS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION; OPTIMIZATION FRAMEWORK; OPTIMIZATION PROCEDURES; PRACTICAL IMPLEMENTATION; ROADMAP; SELF-OPTIMIZATION; SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORK; TUNING PARAMETER; UMTS NETWORKS; UNIVERSAL MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 79958725011     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2011.5784003     Document Type: Conference Paper

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