Dual connectivity for LTE small cell evolution: Functionality and performance aspects

IEEE Communications Magazine

Volumn 54, Issue 6, 2016, Pages 137-143

  Rosa, Claudio ^a   Pedersen, Klaus ^a,b   Wang, Hua ^c   Michaelsen, Per Henrik ^a   Barbera, Simone ^d   Malkamäki, Esa ^a   Henttonen, Tero ^a   Sébire, Benoist ^a  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^c KEYSIGHT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^d Telenor   (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE STATIONS; CYTOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CARRIER FREQUENCY; IMPORTANT FEATURES; MOBILITY PERFORMANCE; PERFORMANCE ASPECTS; PRIMARY CELLS; RADIO RESOURCES; SMALL CELLS; SYSTEM LEVEL SIMULATION;

CELLS;

EID: 84976495984     PISSN: 01636804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MCOM.2016.7498101     Document Type: Article

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