Local mobility management for networked femtocells based on X2 traffic forwarding

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 62, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 326-340

  Guo, Tao ^a   Quddus, Attaul ^a   Wang, Ning ^a   Tafazolli, Rahim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Femtocell; Long Term evolution advanced (LTE A); Mobility management; Traffic forwarding

Indexed keywords

FEMTOCELL;

ANALYTICAL STUDIES; LOCAL MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; LONG-TERM EVOLUTION; MASSIVE DEPLOYMENT; MOBILE CORE NETWORK; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; SEAMLESS MOBILITY SUPPORT; SWITCH OPERATION;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84878790314     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2012.2215929     Document Type: Article

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