Backhaul-aware energy efficient heterogeneous networks with dual connectivity

Telecommunication Systems

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2015, Pages 25-41

  Prasad, Athul ^a   Maeder, Andreas ^b  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES EUROPE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dual connectivity; Energy efficiency; Green wireless networks; Heterogeneous networks; Inter eNB carrier aggregation; LTE advanced

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CELLS; CYTOLOGY; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; STANDARDS; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CARRIER AGGREGATIONS; DUAL CONNECTIVITY; ENERGY EFFICIENT; ENERGY EFFICIENT OPERATIONS; HETEROGENEOUS WIRELESS NETWORK; LOAD CONDITION; LTE- ADVANCED; NETWORK DENSITY;

ENERGY EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84939944877     PISSN: 10184864     EISSN: 15729451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11235-014-9893-4     Document Type: Article

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