… of different small node deployments, namely relay nodes and Picocells, within the 3GPP
LTE-Advanced framework. The energy efficiency of small node deployments is considered on …

… In order to evaluate the picocells deployment and the sleep mode scheme, we show here …
LTE-A network in a dense urban region with an inter-site distance of 800 meters. Picocells …

… picocell placement. We also conduct simulations to evaluate the performance of the picocell
deployment … In Section 3, we formulate the new picocell deployment problem to optimize the …

… distances the pico cell coverage area is even larger at the cell edge. Hence, the pico cell can
… The ability to deploy the pico cell to cover the hotspot traffic is also important. Knowing the …

… challenges for HetNet deployment and how these challenges can be addressed by using LTE
Rel. … Simulations for a picocell deployment in which 10 pico eNBs were placed inside each …

… of some cell selection techniques proposed for picocells in the Long Term Evolution-Advanced
(LTE-A) networks. Picocell is the focus of this study because it can be deployed in areas …

… advanced technologies that included in LTE release 8 are unable. The main object of this
stage is to investigate the impact of HetNets deployment (pico cell based in this project) using …

… component of future LTE network deployments. The ability to … LTE is currently being deployed
in a traditional macro-based … Initially we will likely see picocells and metrocells deployed, …

… The options are compared based on the number of picocells … Next, we describe the picocell
deployment scenarios and … and then compare the different picocell deployment options. …

… deployed over the coverage area formed by macro base stations (BSs). Next, various evaluation
results are provided for HetNet, where pico BSs (“Pico-BSs”) are deployed … the pico cell …