A self-organized resource allocation scheme for heterogeneous macro-femto networks

Wireless Communications and Mobile Computing

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 330-342

  Mehta, Mahima ^a   Rane, Nirbhay ^a   Karandikar, Abhay ^a   Imran, Muhammad Ali ^b   Evans, Barry G ^b  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY BOMBAY   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SURREY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

co layer interference; femtocell; macrocell; OFDMA; resource allocation

Indexed keywords

COCHANNEL INTERFERENCE; FEMTOCELL; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; MULTIPLE ACCESS INTERFERENCE; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; POWER CONTROL; QUALITY OF SERVICE; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; THROUGHPUT;

DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONS; INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT; MACRO CELLS; OFDMA; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; RADIO RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; RESOURCE ALLOCATION SCHEMES; RESOURCE ALLOCATION STRATEGIES;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84956803372     PISSN: 15308669     EISSN: 15308677     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/wcm.2518     Document Type: Article

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