Enabling next generation small cells through femtorelays

Physical Communication

Volumn 9, Issue , 2013, Pages 1-15

  Akyildiz, Ian F ^a   Chavarria Reyes, Elias ^a   Gutierrez Estevez, David M ^a   Balakrishnan, Ravikumar ^a   Krier, John R ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Backhaul congestion; Femtocell; Femtorelay; Heterogeneous networks; Interference; Relay; Small cells

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; CYTOLOGY; FEMTOCELL; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; TECHNOLOGY; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BACKHAUL CONGESTION; CO-CHANNEL DEPLOYMENTS; FEMTORELAY; HETEROGENEOUS ARCHITECTURES; HIGH-SPEED WIRELESS COMMUNICATION; INTERNAL ARCHITECTURE; RELAY; SMALL CELLS;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84878807376     PISSN: 18744907     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.phycom.2013.04.001     Document Type: Article

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