Improved Handover Through Dual Connectivity in 5G mmWave Mobile Networks

IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communications

Volumn 35, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2069-2084

  Polese, Michele ^a   Giordani, Marco ^a   Mezzavilla, Marco ^b   Rangan, Sundeep ^b   Zorzi, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

5G; blockage; handover; millimeter wave; mobility; multi connectivity

Indexed keywords

CARRIER MOBILITY; CELLULAR TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); MILLIMETER WAVES; NETWORK LAYERS; ROBUSTNESS (CONTROL SYSTEMS); SWITCHES; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BLOCKAGE; HANDOVER; MILLIMETER WAVES (MMWAVE); MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; MULTI-CONNECTIVITY; ORDERS OF MAGNITUDE; SIMULATION FRAMEWORK; TRANSPORT PROTOCOLS;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85023759080     PISSN: 07338716     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/JSAC.2017.2720338     Document Type: Article

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