Radio Resource Management Strategies in UMTS

Radio Resource Management Strategies in UMTS

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1-345

  Pérez Romero, Jordi ^a   Sallent, Oriol ^a   Agustí, Ramon ^a   Díaz Guerra, Miguel Angel ^b  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^b TELEFONICA RESEARCH   (Spain)

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EID: 84889462509     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/0470022795     Document Type: Book

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