Classification, recent advances and research challenges in energy efficient cellular networks

MH Alsharif, R Nordin, M Ismail - Wireless Personal Communications, 2014 - Springer
There is a growing interest in improving the energy efficiency of communication networks to
reduce operational expenditures, to maintain profitability and to make cellular networks …

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 …

Energy efficiency improvements in heterogeneous network through traffic load balancing and sleep mode mechanisms

AA Abdulkafi, TS Kiong, D Chieng, A Ting… - Wireless personal …, 2014 - Springer
Heterogeneous network (HetNet) is one of the most promising approaches of IMT Advanced,
which not only offers higher capacity and data rate, but also network Energy Efficiency (EE) …

Small cell offloading through cooperative communication in software-defined heterogeneous networks

T Han, Y Han, X Ge, Q Li, J Zhang, Z Bai… - IEEE sensors …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To meet the ever-growing demand for a higher communicating rate and better
communication quality, more and more small cells are overlaid under the macro base station …

Smart heterogeneous networks: a 5G paradigm

M Ali, S Mumtaz, S Qaisar, M Naeem - Telecommunication Systems, 2017 - Springer
An exponential growth in data demand on wireless networks and wireless link capacity
approaching its theoretical limits, bound us to find new solutions and innovative network …

Offloading traffic hotspots using moving small cells

A Jaziri, R Nasri, T Chahed - 2016 IEEE International …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, the concept of moving small cells in mobile networks is presented and
evaluated taking into account the dynamics of the system. We consider a small cell moving …

System-level analysis of heterogeneous networks under imperfect traffic hotspot localization

A Jaziri, R Nasri, T Chahed - IEEE Transactions on Vehicular …, 2016 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we study the impact of imperfect small-cell positioning with respect to traffic
hotspots in cellular networks. To derive the throughput distribution in macrocells and small …

Genie: An optimal green policy for energy saving and traffic offloading in heterogeneous cellular networks

YH Chiang, W Liao - 2013 IEEE International Conference on …, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
To enhance the utilization of base stations (BSs) and face the challenge of the upcoming
mobile data tsunami, energy saving and traffic offloading are two important issues to …

[PDF][PDF] Maximizing Energy Efficiency in Heterogeneous Cellular Network with Massive MIMO and Small Cells.

L He, Y Li, L Wu, Y Zhao, S Li - J. Commun., 2016 - researchgate.net
 Abstract—With the rapid development of wireless cellular network, massive multiple input
and multiple output (MIMO) and Small Cells (SCs) are both suitable candidates for the future …

A survey on energy efficiency in cellular networks

X Su, E Sun, M Li, FR Yu… - Communications and …, 2013 - publish7promo.com
With the continuous increase of user requirement, the Information and Communication
Technology (ICT) has developed rapidly. As a result, both capacity and coverage …