5G multi-RAT LTE-WiFi ultra-dense small cells: Performance dynamics, architecture, and trends

O Galinina, A Pyattaev, S Andreev… - IEEE Journal on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The ongoing densification of small cells yields an unprecedented paradigm shift in user
experience and network design. The most notable change comes from cellular rates being …

Combination of ultra-dense networks and other 5G enabling technologies: A survey

MA Adedoyin, OE Falowo - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Recently, to address the astonishing capacity requirement of 5G, researchers are
investigating the possibility of combining different technologies with ultra-dense networks …

Enabling small cell deployment with HetNet

J Hoadley, P Maveddat - IEEE Wireless Communications, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The massive adoption of smartphones, mobile broadband modems, tablets, and mobile data
applications are overwhelming wireless networks. Operators are buckling under the strain …

Green-oriented traffic offloading through dual connectivity in future heterogeneous small cell networks

Y Wu, LP Qian, J Zheng, H Zhou… - IEEE Communications …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Traffic offloading through small cells has been considered as a promising approach to
accommodate tremendous traffic growth in future heterogeneous cellular networks (HCNs) …

WiMAX femtocells: a perspective on network architecture, capacity, and coverage

S Yeh, S Talwar, S Lee, H Kim - IEEE Communications …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells are viewed as a promising option for mobile operators to improve coverage and
provide high-data-rate services in a cost-effective manner. The idea is to overlay low-power …

Ambient RF energy harvesting in ultra-dense small cell networks: Performance and trade-offs

A Ghazanfari, H Tabassum… - IEEE Wireless …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to minimize electric grid power consumption, energy harvesting from ambient RF
sources is considered as a promising technique for wireless charging of low-power devices …

A new look at physical layer security, caching, and wireless energy harvesting for heterogeneous ultra-dense networks

L Wang, KK Wong, S Jin, G Zheng… - IEEE Communications …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous ultra-dense networks enable ultra-high data rates and ultra-low latency
through the use of dense sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave small cells with different antenna …

Throughput and energy efficiency analysis of small cell networks with multi-antenna base stations

C Li, J Zhang, KB Letaief - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small cell networks have recently been proposed as an important evolution path for the next-
generation cellular networks. However, with more and more irregularly deployed base …

A holistic view on hyper-dense heterogeneous and small cell networks

I Hwang, B Song, SS Soliman - IEEE communications …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The wireless industry has been experiencing an explosion of data traffic usage in recent
years and is now facing an even bigger challenge, an astounding 1000-fold data traffic …

Modeling, analysis and design for carrier aggregation in heterogeneous cellular networks

X Lin, JG Andrews, A Ghosh - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Carrier aggregation (CA) and small cells are two distinct features of next-generation cellular
networks. Cellular networks with different types of small cells are often referred to as …