Macrocell offloading benefits in joint macro-and femtocell deployments

H Claussen, D Calin - … on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells are low-cost, low-power cellular base stations that are designed to provide high
quality cellular service in residential or enterprise environments and operate in licensed …

A survey on femtocell handover management in dense heterogeneous 5G networks

R Ahmad, EA Sundararajan, A Khalifeh - Telecommunication Systems, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The Heterogeneous Network is widely used in the Fifth Generation wireless
network to solve the problem of increasing demand on wireless communication. Femtocell …

A review on femtocell and its diverse interference mitigation techniques in heterogeneous network

AU Ahmed, MT Islam, M Ismail - Wireless personal communications, 2014 - Springer
In third generation wireless network, the demand of wireless multimedia service is
responsible for the enormous growth of data traffic. Cellular operators throughout the world …

Optimal distributed subchannel, rate and power allocation algorithm in OFDM-based two-tier femtocell networks

J Zhang, Z Zhang, K Wu… - 2010 IEEE 71st vehicular …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we address the problem of subchannel, rate and power allocation in OFDM-
based two-tier femtocell networks, which comprise a conventional macrocell and multiple …

Access methods to WiMAX femtocells: A downlink system-level case study

D Lopez-Perez, A Valcarce… - 2008 11th IEEE …, 2008 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Over the last two years, GSM and UMTS femtocell access points have been proposed as a
solution to the poor indoor coverage problem experienced in certain areas. Research on …

Power control based interference mitigation in multi-tier networks

S Yeh, S Talwar, N Himayat… - 2010 IEEE Globecom …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Significant areal capacity gains and improved cellular coverage can be achieved by
hierarchical deployment of Femto Access Points (FAP) over an existing cellular network …

Adaptive handover algorithm in heterogeneous femtocellular networks based on received signal strength and signal‐to‐interference‐plus‐noise ratio prediction

H Kalbkhani, S Yousefi, MG Shayesteh - IET Communications, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
In this study, an efficient handover algorithm based on the received signal strength (RSS)
prediction is presented for two‐tier macro–femtocell networks in which, because of the …

Dynamic resource allocation in hybrid access femtocell network

AU Ahmed, MT Islam, M Ismail… - The Scientific World …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Intercell interference is one of the most challenging issues in femtocell deployment under
the coverage of existing macrocell. Allocation of resources between femtocell and macrocell …

Investigation of interference margin for the co-existence of macrocell and femtocell in orthogonal frequency division multiple access systems

B Han, W Wang, Y Li, M Peng - IEEE Systems Journal, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells that share the same spectrum with macrocells can enhance wireless coverage
and system capacity. However, cross-tier interference between femtocells and macrocells …

Multiobjective subchannel and power allocation in interference-limited two-tier OFDMA femtocell networks

N Sharma, D Badheka, A Anpalagan - IEEE Systems Journal, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The cochannel deployment of femtocells in a macrocell network is a cost-effective and
efficient way to increase network coverage and capacity. However, such deployment is …