Energy efficiency of heterogeneous cellular networks: A review

Journal of Applied Sciences

Volumn 12, Issue 14, 2012, Pages 1418-1431

  Abdulkafi, Ayad Atiyah ^a   Kiong, Tiong Sieh ^a   Koh, Johnny ^a   Chieng, David ^b   Ting, Alvin ^b  

^a Jalan IKRAM UNITEN   (Malaysia)

^b Wireless Communication Cluster   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Energy efficiency; Heterogeneous network; Network deployment power consumption

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE APPROACH; CELLULAR NETWORK; ENERGY AWARENESS; FEMTOCELLS; NETWORK DEPLOYMENT; NETWORK OPERATOR; NETWORK PLANNING AND OPTIMIZATION; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW; TRADE-OFF RELATIONSHIP;

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; NETWORK PERFORMANCE;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84866257017     PISSN: 18125654     EISSN: 18125662     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/jas.2012.1418.1431     Document Type: Review

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