Enhancing cellular coverage through opportunistic networks with learning mechanisms

2013 IEEE Globecom Workshops, GC Wkshps 2013

Volumn , Issue , 2013, Pages 642-648

  Perez Romero J ^a   Sallent, O ^a   Agusti, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Coverage Extension; D2D; Opportunistic Network; Q learning; Spectrum Selection

Indexed keywords

COVERAGE EXTENSION; D2D; OPPORTUNISTIC NETWORKS; Q-LEARNING; SPECTRUM SELECTIONS;

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EID: 84902981373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/GLOCOMW.2013.6825060     Document Type: Conference Paper

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