Learning-based uplink interference management in 4G LTE cellular systems

IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking

Volumn 23, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 398-411

  Deb, Supratim ^a   Monogioudis, Pantelis ^a  

^a NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

4G LTE; HetNet; interference management; power control; self optimizing networks (SONs)

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; ELECTRIC NETWORK TOPOLOGY; LEARNING SYSTEMS; MOBILE SECURITY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; POWER CONTROL;

4G LTE; DATA-DRIVEN APPROACH; HETNET; INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT; LEARNING-BASED ALGORITHMS; RESOURCE ASSIGNMENT; SELF-OPTIMIZING NETWORKS; UPLINK INTERFERENCE;

WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85027928656     PISSN: 10636692     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNET.2014.2300448     Document Type: Article

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