5G multi-RAT LTE-WiFi ultra-dense small cells: Performance dynamics, architecture, and trends

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 33, Issue 6, 2015, Pages 1224-1240

  Galinina, Olga ^a   Pyattaev, Alexander ^a   Andreev, Sergey ^a   Dohler, Mischa ^b   Koucheryavy, Yevgeni ^a  

^a TAMPERE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

^b KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

5G architecture; cellular offloading; integrated LTE WiFi small cells; Network densification; performance analysis; system level dynamics

Indexed keywords

DYNAMICS; MOBILE SECURITY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RATS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELLULAR OFFLOADING; HIGH-LEVEL VISIONS; MATHEMATICAL ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE DYNAMICS; QUALITY OF EXPERIENCE (QOE); SMALL CELLS; SYSTEM LEVELS;

WI-FI;

EID: 84930505927     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2015.2417016     Document Type: Article

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