Energy-and Spectrum-Efficient User Association in Millimeter-Wave Backhaul Small-Cell Networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 66, Issue 2, 2017, Pages 1810-1821

  Mesodiakaki, Agapi ^a   Adelantado, Ferran ^b   Alonso, Luis ^c   Di Renzo, Marco ^d   Verikoukis, Christos ^e  

^a KARLSTAD UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITAT OBERTA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

^d CEA SACLAY   (France)

^e CENTRE TECNOLÒGIC DE TELECOMUNICACIONS DE CATALUNYA CTTC   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cell selection; green communications; Long Term Evolution (LTE); millimeter wave (mmWave)

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CELLS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; CYTOLOGY; ENERGY EFFICIENCY; ENERGY UTILIZATION; HEURISTIC ALGORITHMS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); OPTIMAL SYSTEMS; OPTIMIZATION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CELL SELECTION; CONSTRAINT PROBLEMS; GREEN COMMUNICATIONS; INCREASING CAPACITIES; MILLIMETER WAVES (MMWAVE); NEAR-OPTIMAL PERFORMANCE; SPECTRUM EFFICIENCY; USER QUALITY OF SERVICE;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 85013066344     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2016.2565539     Document Type: Article

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