Multi-tier cellular networks are a cost-effective solution for capacity enhancement in urban
scenarios. In these networks, effective mobility strategies are required to assign users to the …

Due to the diversity of mobile services and raising user expectations, mobile network
management has changed its focus from Quality of Service (QoS) to Quality of Experience …

Rising user expectations are changing the way mobile operators manage their networks. In
this paper, a self-tuning algorithm for adjusting parameters in a multiservice packet …

Mobility load balancing (MLB) is a common technique to deal with the uneven traffic
distribution in mobile networks. The aim of MLB is to alleviate congestion problems by …

Long Term Evolution (LTE) brings to the theory of advanced leading-edge technologies
which guarantees ubiquitous broadband access. As a result, the continuous increment in the …

Mobile broadband traffic has been increasing in the last years. To cope with such traffic
demand, heterogeneous networks are an effective solution characterized by deploying …

This paper analyzes the behavior of a distributed Mobility Load Balancing (MLB) scheme in
a multi-layer 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership Project) Long Term Evolution (LTE) …

Femtocell deployment will play a key role for the wide adoption of LTE-Advanced, as it
brings the access network closer to the end user in a cost-effective manner. This disruptive …

In this paper, we present a user equipment (UE) based distributed traffic steering
mechanism between long-term evolution (LTE) and Wi-Fi networks. An agent residing in …

Heterogeneous Networks (HetNets) are seen as an effective solution for improving network
capacity, offloading traffic and optimizing coverage. However, the transmit power difference …