Trends in small cell enhancements in LTE advanced

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 98-105

  Nakamura, Takehiro ^a   Nagata, Satoshi ^a   Benjebbour, Anass ^a   Kishiyama, Yoshihisa ^a   Hai, Tang ^b   Xiaodong, Shen ^b   Ning, Yang ^b   Nan, Li ^b  

^a NTT DOCOMO   (Japan)

^b China Mobile Research Institute   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

3GPP LTE; DESIGN PRINCIPLES; EVOLUTION DIRECTION; FOURTH GENERATION WIRELESS; HOT SPOT; LTE RELEASE 10; LTE- ADVANCED; NTT DOCOMO; SMALL CELLS; TRAFFIC GROWTH;

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; STANDARDS;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84873898081     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2013.6461192     Document Type: Article

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