SDN-Based Smart Gateways (Sm-GWs) for Multi-Operator Small Cell Network Management

IEEE Transactions on Network and Service Management

Volumn 13, Issue 4, 2016, Pages 740-753

  Thyagaturu, Akhilesh S ^a   Dashti, Yousef ^b   Reisslein, Martin ^a  

^a Arizona State University   (United States)

^b The Public Authority for Applied Education and Training   (Kuwait)

Author keywords

Backhaul; multi operator network management; small cells; software defined networking (SDN)

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; NETWORK FUNCTION VIRTUALIZATION; NETWORK MANAGEMENT; OPTIMIZATION; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

BACKHAUL; MANAGEMENT MECHANISMS; MULTI OPERATORS; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; SIMULATION EVALUATION; SMALL CELLS; SOFTWARE DEFINED NETWORKING (SDN); UP-LINK TRANSMISSIONS;

GATEWAYS (COMPUTER NETWORKS);

EID: 85027458003     PISSN: 19324537     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNSM.2016.2605924     Document Type: Article

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