Handover procedure and decision strategy in LTE-based femtocell network

A Ulvan, R Bestak, M Ulvan - Telecommunication systems, 2013 - Springer
… Considering limited frequencies for femtocells, the soft han… mainly focus on the handover
from femtocell to macrocell [3]. In … decision strategy for handover process in femtocell network. …

Optimal pricing strategy for operators in cognitive femtocell networks

C Jiang, Y Chen, KJR Liu, Y Ren - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… are very important for practical femtocell deployment have not … issues in the cognitive femtocell
network and propose a two-… ’ network access behavior as a 2-D Markov decision process…

Mobility management for femtocells in LTE-advanced: Key aspects and survey of handover decision algorithms

D Xenakis, N Passas, L Merakos… - … surveys & tutorials, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… The authors in [88] survey, classify and compare existing vertical HO decision (VHD) strategies,
… research directions for HO decision algorithmic design tailored to the femtocell network. …

An energy-centric handover decision algorithm for the integrated LTE macrocell–femtocell network

D Xenakis, N Passas, C Verikoukis - Computer Communications, 2012 - Elsevier
strategies in the presence of femtocells, (a) the proactive strategy, where the strongest cell
HO decision policy is employed [7], and (b) the reactive strategy, where a femtocell outband …

A Q-learning based approach to interference avoidance in self-organized femtocell networks

M Bennis, D Niyato - 2010 IEEE Globecom Workshops, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… exchange, and make strategic decisions. Numerical results validate the theoretical claims
in which femtocells coexist with the macrocell network while mitigating their interference …

An efficient femtocell-to-femtocell handover decision algorithm in LTE femtocell networks

M Rajabizadeh, J Abouei - 2015 23rd Iranian Conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… an LTE macrocell-femtocell network consisting of one macrocell and N femtocells. … Ya’acob,
and MT Ali, “Performance analysis of handover strategy in femtocell network,” Journal of Com…

A new handover strategy between femtocell and macrocell for LTE-based network

SJ Wu - 2011 Fourth International Conference on Ubi-Media …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… In this paper we analyzed three scenarios after handover decision strategy procedure: …
femtocell network. In Figure 5 we describe some cases for handover scenario in femtocell network

A survey of handover management in LTE-based multi-tier femtocell networks: Requirements, challenges and solutions

G Gódor, Z Jakó, Á Knapp, S Imre - Computer Networks, 2015 - Elsevier
… information gathering, decision strategies and the base station exchange process. All these
three phases face difficulties in multi-tier networks. High dense femtocell deployment makes …

Competition in femtocell networks: Strategic access policies in the uplink

A Khanafer, W Saad, T Başar… - 2012 IEEE International …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… In the uplink, the FAPs face a tradeoff when deciding on their access policy. … femtocell
network. To this end, we formulate a noncooperative game between the FAPs in which the strategy

On spectrum sharing with underlaid femtocell networks

M Bennis, M Debbah, AL Chair - 2010 IEEE 21st International …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
… scheduling in femtocells were needed to further reduce the interference that femtocell entities
… tool to analyze the strategic interaction between (rational) decision takers. GT has been …