Small Cell Networks: Deployment, Management, and Optimization (Hardcover)

ABOUT THE AUTHORS VII

FOREWORD XI

ACRONYMS XIII

PART I INTRODUCTION 1

1 SMALL CELLS—THE FUTURE OF CELLULAR NETWORKS 3

2 100× CAPACITY SCALING OF CELLULAR NETWORKS 23

3 AUTOMATION OF CELLULAR NETWORKS 55

PART II COVERAGE AND CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION 91

4 FREQUENCY ASSIGNMENT AND ACCESS METHODS 93

5 COVERAGE AND CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION FOR INDOOR CELLS 117

6 COVERAGE AND CAPACITY OPTIMIZATION FOR OUTDOOR CELLS 149

PART III INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT 187

7 FREQUENCY-DOMAIN INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION 189

8 TIME-DOMAIN INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION 223

9 THE SECTOR OFFSET CONFIGURATION 259

10 CONTROL CHANNEL INTER-CELL INTERFERENCE COORDINATION 295

11 UPLINK-ORIENTED OPTIMIZATION IN HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS 323

PART IV MOBILITY MANAGEMENT AND ENERGY EFFICIENCY 363

12 MOBILITY MANAGEMENT 365

13 DORMANT CELLS AND IDLE MODES 393

PART V SMALL CELL DEPLOYMENT 419

14 BACKHAUL FOR SMALL CELLS 421

15 OPTIMIZATION OF SMALL CELL DEPLOYMENT 443

PART VI FUTURE TRENDS AND APPLICATIONS 467

16 ULTRA-DENSE NETWORKS 469

17 HETNET APPLICATIONS 493

A SIMULATING HETNETS 505

INDEX 549