Radio Resource Management in Multi-Tier Cellular Wireless Networks

Table of contents

1. Cover
2. Series
3. Title Page
4. Copyright
5. Dedication
6. Preface
7. Chapter 1: Overview of Multi-Tier Cellular Wireless Networks
   1. 1.1 INTRODUCTION
   2. 1.2 SMALL CELLS: FEMTOCELLS, PICOCELLS, AND MICROCELLS
   3. 1.3 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE
   4. 1.4 OVERVIEW OF LTE NETWORKS
   5. 1.5 OVERVIEW OF LTE-ADVANCED NETWORKS
   6. 1.6 LTE FEMTOCELLS (HeNBs)
   7. 1.7 3G FEMTOCELLS
   8. 1.8 CHANNEL MODELS FOR SMALL CELL NETWORKS
   9. 1.9 MULTI-TIER CELLULAR WIRELESS NETWORK MODELING AND ABSTRACTION
   10. 1.10 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN SMALL CELL DEPLOYMENT
   11. REFERENCES
8. Chapter 2: Resource Allocation Approaches in Multi-Tier Networks
   1. 2.1 INTRODUCTION
   2. 2.2 DESIGN ISSUES FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MULTI-TIER NETWORKS
   3. 2.3 INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES
   4. 2.4 QUALITATIVE COMPARISON AMONG INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES [30]
   5. 2.5 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS [30]
   6. REFERENCES
9. Chapter 3: Resource Allocation in OFDMA-Based Multi-Tier Cellular Networks
   1. 3.1 RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR OFDMA-BASED HOMOGENEOUS NETWORKS
   2. 3.2 FAIR RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR TWO-TIER OFDMA NETWORKS
   3. 3.3 CHAPTER SUMMARY AND OPEN RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
   4. REFERENCES
10. Chapter 4: Resource Allocation for Clustered Small Cells in Two-Tier OFDMA Networks
    1. 4.1 INTRODUCTION
    2. 4.2 RELATED WORK
    3. 4.3 SYSTEM MODEL AND ASSUMPTIONS
    4. 4.4 JOINT SUB-CHANNEL AND POWER ALLOCATION IN FEMTOCELL CLUSTERS
    5. 4.5 JOINT SUB-CHANNEL AND POWER ALLOCATION USING CONVEX REFORMULATION
    6. 4.6 SUB-CHANNEL ALLOCATION
    7. 4.7 POWER ALLOCATION
    8. 4.8 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
    9. 4.9 SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
    10. REFERENCES
11. Chapter 5: Resource Allocation in Two-Tier Networks Using Fractional Frequency Reuse
    1. 5.1 INTRODUCTION
    2. 5.2 DIFFERENT FFR SCHEMES
    3. 5.3 OPTIMAL STATIC FRACTIONAL FREQUENCY REUSE (OSFFR): AN IMPROVED FFR-BASED SCHEME
    4. 5.4 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
    5. 5.5 SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
    6. REFERENCES
12. Chapter 6: Call Admission Control in Fractional Frequency Reuse-Based Two-Tier Networks
    1. 6.1 RELATED WORK
    2. 6.2 CALL ADMISSION CONTROL MODEL
    3. 6.3 CALL ADMISSION CONTROL POLICY FOR FFR-BASED MULTI-TIER CELLULAR NETWORKS
    4. 6.4 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION
    5. 6.5 SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
    6. APPENDIX
    7. REFERENCES
13. Chapter 7: Game Theoretic Approaches for Resource Management in Multi-Tier Networks
    1. 7.1 INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY
    2. 7.2 GAME FORMULATIONS FOR POWER CONTROL AND SUB-CHANNEL ALLOCATION
    3. 7.3 GAME FORMULATIONS FOR PRICING
    4. 7.4 GAME FORMULATIONS FOR ACCESS CONTROL
    5. 7.5 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
    6. REFERENCES
14. Chapter 8: Resource Allocation in CDMA-Based Multi-tier HetNets
    1. 8.1 POWER CONTROL AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION TECHNIQUES FOR HOMOGENEOUS CDMA NETWORKS
    2. 8.2 GAME THEORETIC BASED POWER CONTROL FOR TWO-TIER CDMA HETNETS
    3. 8.3 JOINT BASE STATION ASSOCIATION AND POWER CONTROL FOR CDMA HETNETS
    4. 8.4 DISTRIBUTED PARETO-OPTIMAL POWER CONTROL FOR TWO-TIER CDMA HETNETS
    5. 8.5 SUMMARY AND OPEN RESEARCH ISSUES
    6. REFERENCES
15. Chapter 9: Self-Organizing Small Cell Networks
    1. 9.1 SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS
    2. 9.2 SELF-CONFIGURATION
    3. 9.3 SELF-OPTIMIZATION
    4. 9.4 SELF-HEALING
    5. 9.5 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
    6. REFERENCES
16. Chapter 10: Resource Allocation in Multi-Tier Networks with Cognitive Small Cells
    1. 10.1 INTRODUCTION
    2. 10.2 BACKGROUND
    3. 10.3 ANALYSIS OF TIER-ASSOCIATION PROBABILITY
    4. 10.4 COGNITION TECHNIQUES FOR SMALL CELLS
    5. 10.5 DISCUSSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS
    6. REFERENCES
17. Index
18. Series