Optimal Transport Theory for Cell Association in UAV-Enabled Cellular Networks

IEEE Communications Letters

Volumn 21, Issue 9, 2017, Pages 2053-2056

  Mozaffari, Mohammad ^a   Saad, Walid ^a   Bennis, Mehdi ^b   Debbah, Merouane ^c,d  

^a State University   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c Mathematical and Algorithmic Sciences Lab   (France)

^d UNIVERSITÉ PARIS SACLAY   (France)

Author keywords

cell association; cellular networks; delay; transport theory; UAV; unmanned aerial vehicles

Indexed keywords

CELLS; CYTOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CELL ASSOCIATIONS; CELLULAR NETWORK; DELAY; MATHEMATICAL TOOLS; OPTIMAL TRANSPORT; SOLUTION SPACE; TRANSPORT THEORY; WIRELESS CELLULAR NETWORKS;

UNMANNED AERIAL VEHICLES (UAV);

EID: 85030027881     PISSN: 10897798     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/LCOMM.2017.2710306     Document Type: Article

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