The role of small cell technology in future smart city applications

Transactions on emerging telecommunications technologies

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 11-20

  Cimmino, Antonio ^a   Pecorella, Tommaso ^b   Fantacci, Romano ^b   Granelli, Fabrizio ^c   Rahman, Talha Faizur ^c   Sacchi, Claudio ^c   Carlini, Camillo ^d   Harsh, Piyush ^a  

^a ZURICH UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF TRENTO   (Italy)

^d TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CELLS; COMMUNICATION; CYTOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; INTELLIGENT SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; GOVERNMENT DATA PROCESSING; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION; STANDARDS; USER CENTERED DESIGN;

HIGHLY PARALLELS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY; INTELLIGENT TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS; LATEST DEVELOPMENT; MOBILE BROADBAND; MOBILE TECHNOLOGY; NON-INVASIVE SENSING; RESIDENTIAL USERS; CIVIL PROTECTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84900656911     PISSN: 1124318X     EISSN: 15418251     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ett.2766     Document Type: Article

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