In-Band Device-to-Device Communication in OFDMA Cellular Networks: A Survey and Challenges

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 1885-1922

  Mach, Pavel ^a   Becvar, Zdenek ^a   Vanek, Tomas ^a  

^a CZECH TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY IN PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

advanced topology for D2D; D2D communication; D2D energy efficiency; D2D mode selection; interference management

Indexed keywords

ENERGY EFFICIENCY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SURVEYS; WI-FI; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ADVANCED TOPOLOGY FOR D2D; CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES; D2D COMMUNICATIONS; DEVICE-TO-DEVICE COMMUNICATIONS; DEVICETO-DEVICE (D2D) COMMUNICATION; DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS; INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT; MODE SELECTION;

FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84970016928     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2015.2447036     Document Type: Article

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