A survey of self organisation in future cellular networks

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 336-361

  Aliu, Osianoh Glenn ^a   Imran, Ali ^a   Imran, Muhammad Ali ^a   Evans, Barry ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Cellular networks; Self configuration; Self healing; Self optimisation

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR NETWORK; FUTURE CELLULAR NETWORKS; SELF CONFIGURATION; SELF ORGANISATION; SELF-HEALING; SELF-OPTIMISATION; SELF-ORGANISING; WIRELESS CELLULAR COMMUNICATIONS; WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORKS;

RESEARCH; SURVEYS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; WIRELESS SENSOR NETWORKS;

WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

EID: 84873709871     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2012.021312.00116     Document Type: Review

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