Joint cell activation and selection for green communications in ultra-dense heterogeneous networks

T Zhou, N Jiang, Z Liu, C Li - IEEE Access, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The densification of small cells in heterogeneous networks (HetNets) causes huge energy
consumption and severe network interference. To fully exploit the potential of new network …

Toward green 5G heterogeneous small-cell networks: power optimization using load balancing technique

M Hawasli, SA Çolak - AEU-International Journal of Electronics and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The overwhelming demand for data by an ever-increasing number of users is a great
challenge wireless cellular networks are faced with. One potential solution to this issue is …

Small cells on/off control and load balancing for green dense heterogeneous networks

Y Jin, L Qiu, X Liang - 2015 IEEE Wireless Communications …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper considers the joint small cells (SCs) on/off and load balancing (LB) design in
dense heterogeneous networks (HetNets). We aim to maximize the network energy …

Heterogeneity-aware energy saving and energy efficiency optimization in dense small cell networks

S Wu, R Yin, C Wu - IEEE Access, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In dense small cell networks (DSCNs), small cells are heterogeneous due to the unplanned
deployment and various traffic loads, resulting in different energy efficiency (EE) …

A novel performance tradeoff in heterogeneous networks: A multi-objective approach

MR Mili, A Khalili, DWK Ng… - IEEE Wireless …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this letter, we investigate the performance tradeoff between different tiers of
heterogeneous networks (HetNets) consisting of a macrocell as the basic tier and small cells …

Joint uplink and downlink cell selection in cognitive small cell heterogeneous networks

A Mesodiakaki, F Adelantado, L Alonso… - 2014 IEEE Global …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In the next few years, small cells (SCs) are expected to be densely deployed to achieve
sustainable capacity enhancement. Due to the high SC density, some SCs will not have a …

Green multicell cooperation in heterogeneous networks with hybrid energy sources

YH Chiang, W Liao - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Concerns with global warming have prompted much research effort in energy-related issues
for cellular systems. Heterogeneous networks (HetNets) incorporated with small cells save …

Energy-aware hierarchical resource management and backhaul traffic optimization in heterogeneous cellular networks

A Mohajer, F Sorouri, A Mirzaei, A Ziaeddini… - IEEE Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The dense deployment of small-cell networks is a key feature of the next-generation mobile
networks employed to provide the necessary capacity increase. The small cells are installed …

Joint cell activation and user association for backhaul load balancing in green HetNets

YL Lee, WL Tan, SBY Lau, TC Chuah… - IEEE Wireless …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This letter proposes a joint cell activation and user association scheme to address the power
consumption and backhaul load balancing issues in green dense heterogeneous networks …

Ultra-dense hetnets meet big data: Green frameworks, techniques, and approaches

Y Li, Y Zhang, K Luo, T Jiang, Z Li… - IEEE Communications …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Ultra-dense heterogeneous networks (Ud-HetNets) have been put forward to improve the
network capacity for next-generation wireless networks. However, counter to the 5G vision …