A Q-learning strategy for LTE mobility Load Balancing

IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, PIMRC

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 2154-2158

  Mwanje, Stephen S ^a   Mitschele Thiel, Andreas ^a  

^a ILMENAU UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Load Balancing; LTE; MLB; Q Learning; SON

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR RADIO NETWORKS; LOAD CONDITION; LTE; MLB; MOBILITY LOAD BALANCING; Q-LEARNING; SELF ORGANIZATIONS; SON;

ALGORITHMS; CELLS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PARALLEL ARCHITECTURES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CYTOLOGY;

EID: 84893307644     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/PIMRC.2013.6666500     Document Type: Conference Paper

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