An Optimized CoMP Transmission for a Heterogeneous Network Using eICIC Approach

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 10, 2016, Pages 8230-8239

  Marabissi, Dania ^a   Bartoli, Giulio ^a   Fantacci, Romano ^a   Pucci, Marco ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORENCE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Coordinated multipoint (CoMP); dense cell deployment; enhanced intercell interference coordination (eICIC); heterogeneous networks (HetNets); joint transmission (JT)

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; HEURISTIC METHODS; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO INTERFERENCE;

CELL DEPLOYMENT; COORDINATED MULTI POINT (COMP); ENHANCED INTER CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION (EICIC); HETEROGENEOUS NETWORK (HETNETS); JOINT TRANSMISSIONS;

HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS;

EID: 85027019213     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2015.2510029     Document Type: Article

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