Ad hoc self-healing of OFDMA networks using UAV-based relays

Ad Hoc Networks

Volumn 11, Issue 7, 2013, Pages 1893-1906

  Rohde, Sebastian ^a   Putzke, Markus ^a   Wietfeld, Christian ^a  

^a TU DORTMUND UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Cell overload and outage; Genetic algorithm; Random frequency hopping; Relay positioning; Self healing; Self organization; Spectral efficiency

Indexed keywords

RANDOM FREQUENCY HOPPING; RELAY POSITIONING; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SELF-HEALING; SPECTRAL EFFICIENCIES;

ALGORITHMS; ANALYTICAL MODELS; BENCHMARKING; CELLS; FREQUENCY ALLOCATION; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; GENETIC ALGORITHMS; INTERFERENCE SUPPRESSION; MOBILE RADIO SYSTEMS; MODELS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE; WIRELESS AD HOC NETWORKS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 84883466267     PISSN: 15708705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.adhoc.2012.06.014     Document Type: Article

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