Performance Evaluation for Local Anchor-Based Dual Connectivity in 5G User-Centric Network

IEEE Access

Volumn 4, Issue , 2016, Pages 5721-5729

  Zhang, Hongtao ^a   Meng, Na ^a   Liu, Yang ^a   Zhang, Xing ^a  

^a BEIJING UNIVERSITY OF POSTS AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS   (China)

Author keywords

5G; dual connectivity; mobility; user centric network

Indexed keywords

5G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; CARRIER MOBILITY; CELLS; FAILURE ANALYSIS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RADIO LINKS;

CELLULAR ARCHITECTURE; DUAL CONNECTIVITY; INTERCELL INTERFERENCE; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT; MOBILITY MANAGEMENT METHODS; PROPOSED ARCHITECTURES; USER-CENTRIC NETWORKS; USER-CENTRIC SERVICE;

NETWORK ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 85027007177     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2016.2606420     Document Type: Article

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