Will the area spectral efficiency monotonically grow as small cells go dense?

M Ding, D López-Pérez, G Mao… - 2015 IEEE Global …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we introduce a sophisticated path loss model into the stochastic geometry
analysis incorporating both line-of-sight (LoS) and non-line-of-sight (NLoS) transmissions to …

Enabling soft frequency reuse and Stienen's cell partition in two-tier heterogeneous networks: Cell deployment and coverage analysis

ZH Abbas, MS Haroon, F Muhammad… - IEEE Transactions …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous cellular networks (HetNets) are one of the key enabling technologies for fifth
generation (5 G) networks. In HetNets, the use of small base stations (SBSs) inside the …

The inter-cell interference dilemma in dense outdoor small cell deployment

M Polignano, P Mogensen, P Fotiadis… - 2014 IEEE 79th …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The deployment of low-power small cells is envisaged as the main driver to accommodate
the mobile broadband traffic growth in cellular networks. Depending on the spatial …

Effect of LOS/NLOS propagation on 5G ultra-dense networks

C Galiotto, NK Pratas, L Doyle, N Marchetti - Computer Networks, 2017 - Elsevier
The combined presence of Line-of-Sight (LOS) and Non-Line-of-Sight (NLOS) components
in the radio propagation environment can severely degrade the Ultra-Dense Networks …

Coverage analysis of ultra-dense heterogeneous cellular networks with interference management

MS Haroon, ZH Abbas, G Abbas, F Muhammad - Wireless Networks, 2020 - Springer
Deploying ultra-dense small base stations (SBSs) in the coverage umbrella of a macro base
station (MBS) requires proactive users offloading form MBS to SBSs to achieve maximum …

Study on scheduling techniques for ultra dense small cell networks

AH Jafari, D López-Pérez, M Ding… - 2015 IEEE 82nd …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The most promising approach to enhance network capacity for the next generation of
wireless cellular networks (5G) is densification, which benefits from the extensive spatial …

Uplink performance analysis of dense cellular networks with LoS and NLoS transmissions

T Ding, M Ding, G Mao, Z Lin… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we analyze the coverage probability and the area spectral efficiency (ASE) for
the uplink (UL) of dense small cell networks (SCNs) considering a practical path loss model …

Performance analysis of dense small cell networks with practical antenna heights under rician fading

AH Jafari, D López-Pérez, M Ding, J Zhang - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we examine the combined impacts of distance-dependent Rician fading
channel model and the absolute difference between the heights of base station (BS) and …

Outage analysis of offloading in heterogeneous networks: Composite fading channels

MG Kibria, GP Villardi, WS Liao… - IEEE Transactions …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small cells deployment is one of the most significant long-term strategic policies of the
mobile network operators. In heterogeneous networks (HetNets), small cells serve as …

Small cell base station sleep strategies for energy efficiency

C Liu, B Natarajan, H Xia - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Small cell networks offer a promising and viable approach to meeting the increasing
demand for high-data-rate wireless applications. With the expected increase in the number …