Downlink Traffic Scheduling for LTE-A Small Cell Networks With Dual Connectivity Enhancement

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 796-799

  Pan, Meng Shiuan ^a   Lin, Tzu Ming ^b   Chiu, Chun Yuan ^b   Wang, Ching Yen ^a  

^a TAMKANG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

bearer splitting; dual connectivity; LTE A; small cells; traffic scheduling

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING;

BEARER SPLITTING; DOWNLINK TRAFFICS; DUAL CONNECTIVITY; NETWORK CAPACITY; NETWORK THROUGHPUT; SMALL CELL NETWORKS; SMALL CELLS; TRAFFIC SCHEDULING;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 84963977005     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2016.2522404     Document Type: Article

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