Specifically, we consider the case of decoupled user association (DUA), in which users
(UEs) are not necessarily served by the same base station (BS) for uplink (UL) and downlink
(DL) transmissions. Instead, UEs can simultaneously associate to different BSs based on
two independent weighted path-loss user association criteria for UL and DL. We use
stochastic geometry to develop a comprehensive modeling framework for the proposed …