Handoff rate and coverage analysis in multi-tier heterogeneous networks

IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications

Volumn 14, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 2626-2638

  Sadr, Sanam ^a   Adve, Raviraj S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

downlink coverage analysis; handoff rate; Heterogeneous cellular networks; Poisson point processes; range expansion; user association

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; MOBILE SECURITY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; PROBABILITY; PROBABILITY DISTRIBUTIONS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

COVERAGE ANALYSIS; HANDOFF RATES; HETEROGENEOUS CELLULAR NETWORKS; POISSON POINT PROCESS; RANGE EXPANSION; USER ASSOCIATIONS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 84929323180     PISSN: 15361276     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TWC.2015.2390224     Document Type: Article

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