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This paper provides an overview of the use of small cells (eg, femtocells) in the Internet of Things (IoT) environments. As a result of rapid increase in the number of mobile connected …
Heterogeneous small cell networks have attracted much attention for satisfying users' explosive data traffic requirements. The heterogeneous cloud small cell network (HCSNet) …
Support of femtocells is an integral part of the Long Term Evolution-Advanced (LTE-A) system and a key enabler for its wide adoption in a broad scale. Femtocells are short-range …
Network densification is foreseen as a potential solution to fulfill the 5G spectral efficiency requirements. The spectral efficiency is improved by shrinking base stations'(BSs) footprints …
Drones will be a significant part of future mobile communication networks, serving as mobile users or acting as mobile base stations at sky. Although they will provide several solutions …
While network densification is considered an important solution to cater the ever-increasing capacity demand, its effect on the handover (HO) rate is overlooked. In dense 5G networks …
Ubiquitous mobile communication requires increased capacity and appropriate quality guarantee for services. To meet these demands next-generation mobile network operators …
Mobility robustness optimization (MRO) is a fundamental issue regarding self-optimization network (SON). In long-term evolution-advanced (LTE-A), handover (HO) optimization in …
Handover procedure in LTE/LTE-A has been radically evolved when compared to the previous 3GPP standards. In particular, X2 handover is introduced to allow neighboring …