Machine learning-based load balancing algorithms in future heterogeneous networks: A survey

E Gures, I Shayea, M Ergen, MH Azmi… - IEEE Access, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The massive growth of mobile users and the essential need for high communication service
quality necessitate the deployment of ultra-dense heterogeneous networks (HetNets) …

METIS research advances towards the 5G mobile and wireless system definition

JF Monserrat, G Mange, V Braun, H Tullberg… - EURASIP Journal on …, 2015 - Springer
The Mobile and wireless communications Enablers for the Twenty-twenty Information
Society (METIS) project is laying the foundations of Fifth Generation (5G) mobile and …

Capacity and fairness analysis of heterogeneous networks with range expansion and interference coordination

I Guvenc - IEEE Communications Letters, 2011 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Range expansion and inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) can improve the capacity
and fairness of heterogeneous network (HetNet) deployments by off-loading macrocell users …

Joint optimization of user association, subchannel allocation, and power allocation in multi-cell multi-association OFDMA heterogeneous networks

F Wang, W Chen, H Tang, Q Wu - IEEE Transactions on …, 2017 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Heterogeneous network is a novel network architecture proposed in long-term-evolution,
which highly increases the capacity and coverage compared with the conventional …

Location-aware cross-tier coordinated multipoint transmission in two-tier cellular networks

AH Sakr, E Hossain - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2014 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-tier cellular networks are considered as an effective solution to enhance the coverage
and data rate offered by cellular systems. In a multi-tier network, high power base stations …

Cell selection for range expansion with almost blank subframe in heterogeneous networks

J Oh, Y Han - 2012 IEEE 23rd International Symposium on …, 2012 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To encourage data offloading in heterogeneous networks, range expansion techniques
have been introduced in LTE-Advanced system. By adding a positive bias in cell selection …

Coverage analysis and load balancing in HetNets with millimeter wave multi-RAT small cells

G Ghatak, A De Domenico… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2018 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We characterize a two tier heterogeneous network, consisting of classical sub-6 GHz macro
cells, and multi radio access technology (RAT) small cells able to operate in sub-6 GHz and …

On number of almost blank subframes in heterogeneous cellular networks

M Cierny, H Wang, R Wichman, Z Ding… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In heterogeneous cellular scenarios with macrocells, femtocells or picocells users may suffer
from significant co-channel cross-tier interference. To manage this interference 3GPP …

Dynamic user association for resilient backhauling in satellite–terrestrial integrated networks

CQ Dai, J Luo, S Fu, J Wu, Q Chen - IEEE Systems Journal, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The satellite-terrestrial integrated networks (STINs) have gradually become a new class of
effective ways to satisfy the requirements of a higher capacity and stronger connection in the …

LTE-Advanced radio access enhancements: A survey

M Dehghani, K Arshad, R MacKenzie - Wireless Personal …, 2015 - Springer
Abstract Long Term Evolution Advanced (LTE-Advanced) is the next step in LTE evolution
and allows operators to improve network performance and service capabilities through …