Throughput optimization, spectrum allocation, and access control in two-tier femtocell networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 30, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 561-574

  Cheung, Wang Chi ^a   Quek, Tony Q S ^b   Kountouris, Marios ^c  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b INSTITUTE FOR INFOCOMM RESEARCH   (Singapore)

^c SUPELEC   (France)

Author keywords

access control; downlink; Femtocell network; OFDMA; spectrum allocation; stochastic geometry; throughput optimization

Indexed keywords

DOWNLINK; OFDMA; SPECTRUM ALLOCATION; STOCHASTIC GEOMETRY; THROUGHPUT OPTIMIZATION;

ACCESS CONTROL; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; OPTIMIZATION; THROUGHPUT;

FEMTOCELL;

EID: 84859188831     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2012.120406     Document Type: Article

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