Femtocell is a small access point using the wire broadband connections or wireless
technologies to access the mobile operator's network for the user equipment (UE), which …

The increase in user mobility and density in modern cellular networks increases the risk of
overloading certain base stations in popular locations such as shopping malls or stadiums …

Mobility management plays an important role in heterogeneous networks (HetNets),
because it helps to reduce radio link failures, handover delays, and power consumption, and …

Deployment of femtocells with a small coverage range in wireless networks leads to a
frequent handover initiation. The problem is more crucial when femtocells operate in an …

Small cells have been integrated into the LTE system of 3GPP (3rd Generation Partnership
Project), and the mobility situation in the resulting Heterogeneous Networks (HetNet) is more …

Mobility Management in future cellular networks is becoming more challenging due to
transition from macro only to multi-tier deployments. In this framework, the massive use of …

Femtocells are attracting a fast increasing interest nowadays, as a promising solution to
improve indoor coverage, enhance system capacity, and lower transmit power. Technical …

For a heterogeneous network (HetNet) with macro and pico eNode Bs (eNBs) in the long
term evolution (LTE) system or LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) system, an eNB pre-selection …

Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) are considered a promising cellular network architecture
to provide services to the massive number of subscribers. However, in heterogeneous …

Handover parameter optimization is a self-optimizing network (SON) use case that promises
significant performance improvement of the radio network. The basic idea is to adapt the …