Vertical handover decision in heterogeneous wireless networks with femtocells

P Mach, Z Becvar - Elektronika ir Elektrotechnika, 2014 - eejournal.ktu.lt
The implementation of small base stations, known as femtocells, can significantly improve
network performance. Nevertheless, the inherent problem of the femtocells consists in …

Optimal handover policy for mmWave cellular networks: A multi-armed bandit approach

L Sun, J Hou, T Shu - 2019 IEEE Global Communications …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Millimeter wave (mmWave) is a promising technology in 5G communication due to its
abundant bandwidth re-source. However, its severe path attenuation and vulnerability to line …

Analysis of handover failures in HetNets with layer-3 filtering

K Vasudeva, M Simsek, I Guvenc - 2014 IEEE Wireless …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Handover is one of the most critical functions in a cellular network and it supports the
mobility of user equipments (UEs) across multiple cells. It is usually based on signal …

Design criteria on a mmWave-based small cell with directional antennas

T Kim, I Bang, DK Sung - 2014 IEEE 25th Annual International …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Due to spectrum shortage in the conventional microwave bands, millimeter wave (mmWave)
bands have been attracting great attention as an additional spectrum band for 5G cellular …

Mobility-aware user association in HetNets with millimeter wave base stations

C Chaieb, Z Mlika, F Abdelkefi… - 2018 14th International …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
As sub-6 GHz spectrum is becoming increasingly scarce, millimeter wave (mmWave) bands
are considered as one of the key technologies for future cellular networks. Motivated by the …

Capacity performance of millimeter wave heterogeneous networks at 28GHz/73GHz

J Zhang, A Beletchi, Y Yi… - 2014 IEEE Globecom …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Current communication technologies at the microwave band are insufficient to meet the
exponential increase in wireless data demands, essentially due to scarcity in bandwidth …

Performance comparison of dual connectivity and hard handover for LTE-5G tight integration in mmWave cellular networks

M Polese - arXiv preprint arXiv:1607.04330, 2016 - arxiv.org
MmWave communications are expected to play a major role in the Fifth generation of mobile
networks. They offer a potential multi-gigabit throughput and an ultra-low radio latency, but …

Caching meets millimeter wave communications for enhanced mobility management in 5G networks

O Semiari, W Saad, M Bennis… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
One of the most promising approaches to overcoming the uncertainty of millimeter wave
(mm-wave) communications is to deploy dual-mode small base stations (SBSs) that …

Handover optimisation for high-capacity low-latency 5G NR mmWave communication

D da Silva Brilhante, JF de Rezende, N Marchetti - Ad Hoc Networks, 2024 - Elsevier
In millimetre wave (mmWave) networks, due to the limited communication range and to the
narrow antenna beams, traditional handover techniques might not fully comply with the …

Contention based fast beam switching scheme in millimeter-wave cellular systems

NW Sung, YS Choi - 2015 17th International Conference on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular system has recently been introduced as an attractive
approach for 5G mobile broadband communications. In the mmWave beamforming cellular …