Exploiting multi-hop relaying to overcome blockage in directional mmwave small cells

Journal of Communications and Networks

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 364-374

  Niu, Yong ^a   Gao, Chuhan ^a   Li, Yong ^a   Su, Li ^a   Jin, Depeng ^a  

^a TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

60 GHz.; Blockage; heterogeneous cellular networks; MACscheduling; millimeter wave communications; small cells

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; RELAY CONTROL SYSTEMS; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

60 GHZ; BLOCKAGE; HETEROGENEOUS CELLULAR NETWORKS; MACSCHEDULING; MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION; SMALL CELLS;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 84990203812     PISSN: 12292370     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JCN.2016.000052     Document Type: Article

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