Optimizing the radio network parameters of the long term evolution system using Taguchi's method

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 3825-3839

  Awada, Ahmad ^a   Wegmann, Bernhard ^b   Viering, Ingo ^c   Klein, Anja ^a  

^a DARMSTADT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

^b NOKIA SIEMENS NETWORKS   (Germany)

^c NOMOR RESEARCH GMBH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Antenna azimuth orientation; antenna tilt; radio network optimization; simulated annealing (SA); Taguchi's method (TM); uplink (UL) power control

Indexed keywords

ANTENNA TILT; AZIMUTH ORIENTATION; RADIO NETWORK OPTIMIZATION; TAGUCHI'S METHODS; UPLINK (UL) POWER CONTROL;

ANTENNAS; BASE STATIONS; CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; COMPUTATIONAL COMPLEXITY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; MACROS; MANUFACTURE; POWER CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RADIO; RADIO COMMUNICATION; SIMULATED ANNEALING;

HEURISTIC METHODS;

EID: 80054820120     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2011.2163326     Document Type: Article

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