Traffic steering by self-tuning controllers in enterprise ltefemtocells

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Volumn 2012, Issue 1, 2012, Pages

  Ruiz Aviles, Jose Maria ^a   Luna Ramırez, Salvador ^a   Toril, Matias ^a   Ruiz, Fernando ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MÁLAGA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Femtocell; Handover margin; Optimization; Traffic sharing; Transmit power

Indexed keywords

FEMTOCELL; FUZZY LOGIC; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; TRAFFIC CONGESTION; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CONGESTION PROBLEM; FUZZY LOGIC CONTROLLERS; HANDOVER; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; SELF-TUNING CONTROLLERS; SYSTEM LEVEL SIMULATOR; TRAFFIC SHARING; TRANSMIT POWER;

LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE);

EID: 84879209864     PISSN: 16871472     EISSN: 16871499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2012-337     Document Type: Article

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