Contents

Cover

Series

Title Page

Copyright

Dedication

Preface

Chapter 1: Overview of Multi-Tier Cellular Wireless Networks

1.1 INTRODUCTION

1.2 SMALL CELLS: FEMTOCELLS, PICOCELLS, AND MICROCELLS

1.3 HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVE

1.4 OVERVIEW OF LTE NETWORKS

1.5 OVERVIEW OF LTE-ADVANCED NETWORKS

1.6 LTE FEMTOCELLS (HeNBs)

1.7 3G FEMTOCELLS

1.8 CHANNEL MODELS FOR SMALL CELL NETWORKS

1.9 MULTI-TIER CELLULAR WIRELESS NETWORK MODELING AND ABSTRACTION

1.10 TECHNICAL CHALLENGES IN SMALL CELL DEPLOYMENT

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Chapter 2: Resource Allocation Approaches in Multi-Tier Networks

2.1 INTRODUCTION

2.2 DESIGN ISSUES FOR RESOURCE ALLOCATION IN MULTI-TIER NETWORKS

2.3 INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES

2.4 QUALITATIVE COMPARISON AMONG INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT APPROACHES [30]

2.5 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS [30]

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Chapter 3: Resource Allocation in OFDMA-Based Multi-Tier Cellular Networks

3.1 RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR OFDMA-BASED HOMOGENEOUS NETWORKS

3.2 FAIR RESOURCE ALLOCATION FOR TWO-TIER OFDMA NETWORKS

3.3 CHAPTER SUMMARY AND OPEN RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

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Chapter 4: Resource Allocation for Clustered Small Cells in Two-Tier OFDMA Networks

4.1 INTRODUCTION

4.2 RELATED WORK

4.3 SYSTEM MODEL AND ASSUMPTIONS

4.4 JOINT SUB-CHANNEL AND POWER ALLOCATION IN FEMTOCELL CLUSTERS

4.5 JOINT SUB-CHANNEL AND POWER ALLOCATION USING CONVEX REFORMULATION

4.6 SUB-CHANNEL ALLOCATION

4.7 POWER ALLOCATION

4.8 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

4.9 SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

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Chapter 5: Resource Allocation in Two-Tier Networks Using Fractional Frequency Reuse

5.1 INTRODUCTION

5.2 DIFFERENT FFR SCHEMES

5.3 OPTIMAL STATIC FRACTIONAL FREQUENCY REUSE (OSFFR): AN IMPROVED FFR-BASED SCHEME

5.4 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

5.5 SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

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Chapter 6: Call Admission Control in Fractional Frequency Reuse-Based Two-Tier Networks

6.1 RELATED WORK

6.2 CALL ADMISSION CONTROL MODEL

6.3 CALL ADMISSION CONTROL POLICY FOR FFR-BASED MULTI-TIER CELLULAR NETWORKS

6.4 PERFORMANCE EVALUATION

6.5 SUMMARY AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

APPENDIX

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Chapter 7: Game Theoretic Approaches for Resource Management in Multi-Tier Networks

7.1 INTRODUCTION TO GAME THEORY

7.2 GAME FORMULATIONS FOR POWER CONTROL AND SUB-CHANNEL ALLOCATION

7.3 GAME FORMULATIONS FOR PRICING

7.4 GAME FORMULATIONS FOR ACCESS CONTROL

7.5 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

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Chapter 8: Resource Allocation in CDMA-Based Multi-tier HetNets

8.1 POWER CONTROL AND RESOURCE ALLOCATION TECHNIQUES FOR HOMOGENEOUS CDMA NETWORKS

8.2 GAME THEORETIC BASED POWER CONTROL FOR TWO-TIER CDMA HETNETS

8.3 JOINT BASE STATION ASSOCIATION AND POWER CONTROL FOR CDMA HETNETS

8.4 DISTRIBUTED PARETO-OPTIMAL POWER CONTROL FOR TWO-TIER CDMA HETNETS

8.5 SUMMARY AND OPEN RESEARCH ISSUES

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Chapter 9: Self-Organizing Small Cell Networks

9.1 SELF-ORGANIZING NETWORKS

9.2 SELF-CONFIGURATION

9.3 SELF-OPTIMIZATION

9.4 SELF-HEALING

9.5 FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

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Chapter 10: Resource Allocation in Multi-Tier Networks with Cognitive Small Cells

10.1 INTRODUCTION

10.2 BACKGROUND

10.3 ANALYSIS OF TIER-ASSOCIATION PROBABILITY

10.4 COGNITION TECHNIQUES FOR SMALL CELLS

10.5 DISCUSSIONS AND FUTURE RESEARCH DIRECTIONS

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