[HTML][HTML] Energy efficiency techniques in ultra-dense wireless heterogeneous networks: An overview and outlook

O Alamu, A Gbenga-Ilori, M Adelabu, A Imoize… - … Science and Technology …, 2020 - Elsevier
In wireless heterogeneous networks (HetNets), the spatial densification through small cells
and the application of massive MIMO antenna arrays are key enablers for high data …

Modeling and analysis of K-tier downlink heterogeneous cellular networks

HS Dhillon, RK Ganti, F Baccelli… - IEEE Journal on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Cellular networks are in a major transition from a carefully planned set of large tower-
mounted base-stations (BSs) to an irregular deployment of heterogeneous infrastructure …

Performance limits of network densification

M Kountouris - IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Network densification is a promising cellular deployment technique that leverages spatial
reuse to enhance coverage and throughput. Recent work has identified that at some point …

Mobility management in emerging ultra-dense cellular networks: A survey, outlook, and future research directions

SMA Zaidi, M Manalastas, H Farooq, A Imran - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The exponential rise in mobile traffic originating from mobile devices highlights the need for
making mobility management in future networks even more efficient and seamless than ever …

Energy-efficient inter-frequency small cell discovery techniques for LTE-advanced heterogeneous network deployments

A Prasad, O Tirkkonen, P Lundén… - IEEE …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous network, or HetNet, deployments are one of the key enablers in providing
ubiquitous coverage and capacity enhancements for LTE-Advanced networks. They play an …

GreenDelivery: Proactive content caching and push with energy-harvesting-based small cells

S Zhou, J Gong, Z Zhou, W Chen… - IEEE Communications …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The explosive growth of mobile multimedia traffic calls for scalable wireless access with high
quality of service and low energy cost. Motivated by the emerging energy harvesting …

Sleep mode techniques for small cell deployments

I Ashraf, F Boccardi, L Ho - IEEE Communications Magazine, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Big things come in small packages; a particularly apt description of small cell deployment in
cellular networks. Small cells have a big role to play in orchestrating a cellular network that …

Performance analysis of multiple association in ultra-dense networks

M Kamel, W Hamouda… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we propose a general mathematical framework to compute the average
downlink rate in a multiple connectivity context considering ultra-dense network (UDN) …

Downlink multi-antenna heterogeneous cellular network with load balancing

AK Gupta, HS Dhillon, S Vishwanath… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We model and analyze heterogeneous cellular networks with multiple antenna BSs (multi-
antenna HetNets) with K classes or tiers of base stations (BSs), which may differ in terms of …

Small cell backhaul: challenges and prospective solutions

AH Jafari, D López-Pérez, H Song, H Claussen… - EURASIP Journal on …, 2015 - Springer
Operators are currently considering the deployment of small cells to complement their
macrocellular networks and increase their coverage and capacity. However, in order to roll …