Cell load balancing in heterogeneous scenarios: A 3GPP LTE case study

2013 3rd International Conference on Wireless Communications, Vehicular Technology, Information Theory and Aerospace and Electronic Systems, VITAE 2013 - Co-located with Global Wireless Summit 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages

  Eduardo, Simao ^a   Rodrigues, Antonio ^a   Mihovska, Albena ^b   Prasad, Neeli R ^b  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Admission Control; Congestion Control; HetNet; ICI avoidance; Load Balancing; SON

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CONGESTION CONTROL (COMMUNICATION); MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STOCHASTIC SYSTEMS;

ADMISSION-CONTROL; CASE-STUDIES; CONGESTION CONTROL; HETNETS; ICI AVOIDANCE; LOAD IMBALANCE; LOAD-BALANCING; PERFORMANCE; SMALL CELLS; SON;

INTEGER PROGRAMMING;

EID: 84887657239     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/VITAE.2013.6617063     Document Type: Conference Paper

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