System and method for optimizing performance of a communication network

N Ziv, R Wellingstein, J Bien, I Susan - US Patent 9,332,458, 2016 - Google Patents
A communication apparatus and method are provided for predicting effects of changes in at
least one radio network parameter on a cellular network which comprises a processor which …

Joint user association, power allocation, and throughput maximization in 5G H-CRAN networks

M Ali, Q Rabbani, M Naeem, S Qaisar… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to get worthwhile gain in coverage and capacity required by fifth generation
networks, dense heterogeneous networks are being considered as promising solution …

FERMI: a femtocell resource management system forinterference mitigation in OFDMA networks

MY Arslan, J Yoon, K Sundaresan… - Proceedings of the 17th …, 2011 - dl.acm.org
The demand for increased spectral efficiencies is driving the next generation broadband
access networks towards deploying smaller cells (femtocells) with sophisticated air interface …

Limited access to OFDMA femtocells

A Valcarce, D Lopez-Perez… - 2009 IEEE 20th …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells are a promising solution for the provision of high indoor coverage and capacity.
Furthermore, OFDMA-based femtocells have proven to be highly versatile when dealing with …

A coloring-based resource allocation for OFDMA femtocell networks

Q Zhang, X Zhu, L Wu… - 2013 IEEE Wireless …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to improve the spectrum efficiency in the femtocell network and mitigate the co-
tier/cross-tier interference, we propose a novel graph-theoretic scheme based on coloring …

Femtocell versus WiFi-A survey and comparison of architecture and performance

SF Hasan, NH Siddique… - 2009 1st International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells use common cellular air access technologies, but claim to improve system
capacity according to Shannon's law by reducing distance between transmitter and receiver …

A comparative study of different deployment modes for femtocell networks

HA Mahmoud, I Güvenc - 2009 IEEE 20th International …, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocell networks have the potential of significantly improving the capacity of next-
generation cellular systems. However, interference to/from the macrocell network is a critical …

Network evolution and QoS provisioning for integrated femtocell/macrocell networks

MZ Chowdhury, YM Jang, ZJ Haas - arXiv preprint arXiv:1009.2368, 2010 - arxiv.org
Integrated femtocell/macrocell networks, comprising a conventional cellular network overlaid
with femtocells, offer an economically appealing way to improve coverage, quality of service …

Graph method based clustering strategy for femtocell interference management and spectrum efficiency improvement

H Li, X Xu, D Hu, X Qu, X Tao… - 2010 6th international …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In order to control the interference, and improve the spectral efficiency in the Femtocell and
Macrocell Overlaid System (FMOS), the FMOS model is built and Combination of Frequency …

On providing downlink services in collocated spectrum-sharing macro and femto networks

X Chu, Y Wu, D Lopez-Perez… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells have been considered by the wireless industry as a cost-effective solution not
only to improve indoor service providing, but also to unload traffic from already …