Distributed user association and femtocell allocation in heterogeneous wireless networks

S Bayat, RHY Louie, Z Han… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Deployment of low-power low-cost small access points such as femtocell access points
(FAPs) constitute an attractive solution for improving the existing macrocell access …

The effect of variable wake up time on the utilization of sleep modes in femtocell mobile access networks

W Vereecken, I Haratcherev, M Deruyck… - 2012 9th Annual …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocells are considered as an enabler for low power, high bit rate future mobile access
networks. In this study, we look at them as a technology to cover an area with a high bit rate …

A novel approach for co-channel interference mitigation in femtocell networks

KA Meerja, PH Ho, B Wu - 2011 IEEE Global …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Femtocell networks are widely being deployed to extend cellular network coverage in indoor
environments such as office building spaces and homes. In order to mitigate possible co …

Interference management in wireless cellular networks

HP Burchardt - 2013 - era.ed.ac.uk
In wireless networks, there is an ever-increasing demand for higher system throughputs,
along with growing expectation for all users to be available to multimedia and Internet …

[PDF][PDF] Mobility management in wireless broadband femtocells

M Qutqut, H Hassanein - Tech. Reports, 2012 - academia.edu
Abstract Current Wireless Broadband Networks (WBN) are facing several limitations and
considerations, such as poor indoor coverage, explosive growth in data usage, and massive …

A comparison of RF exposure in macro-and femtocells

B Zarikoff, D Malone - Health Physics, 2013 - journals.lww.com
This paper assesses radiofrequency exposure of a mobile handset user in the context of a
new class of cellular base station: the femtocell. Traditional cellular network construction …

Low-overhead interference mitigation scheme for collaborative channel assignment in overloaded multiantenna femtocells

RM Radaydeh, MS Alouini - IEEE transactions on vehicular …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a collaborative-based scheme for a transmit antenna channel
assignment in overloaded multiantenna femtocells, with the aim of reducing the overhead …

Interference cancelation schemes for uplink transmission in femtocells

CDT Thai, P Popovski - 2010 IEEE Globecom Workshops, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We present techniques that solve the near-far problems in femtocell networks. When a co-
channel configuration is used, a transmission in the macrocell may cause interference to a …

A femtocell-assisted data forwarding protocol in relay enhanced LTE networks

YS Chen, CC Li, WL Chiang - 2011 40th International …, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The femtocell networks, which is a small cellular base station in home and small business
environment, is an attractive solution for operators to improve indoor coverage and network …

Media access protocol for a coexisting cognitive femtocell network

KA Meerja, PH Ho, B Wu, HF Yu - Computer Networks, 2013 - Elsevier
Femtocell networks are widely deployed to extend cellular network coverage into indoor
environments such as large office spaces and homes. Cognitive radio functionality can be …