Fault-Tolerant Small Cells Locations Planning in 4G/5G Heterogeneous Wireless Networks

• Published in: IEEE transactions on vehicular technology Vol. 66; no. 6; pp. 5269 - 5283
• Main Authors: Omar, Tamer, Abichar, Zakhia, Kamal, Ahmed E., Chang, J. Morris, Alnuem, Mohammad Abdullah
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: New York IEEE 01.06.2017; The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
• Subjects: 4G HetNets; Fault tolerance; Fault tolerant systems; Interference; Long Term Evolution; Mathematical models; network architecture and design; Numerical models; Placement; Planning; Relays; self organizing networks (SON); self-healing; small cells; Wireless networks

Fourth/Fifth Generation heterogeneous wireless networks (4G/5G HetNets) use or will use small cells (SCs) to extend network coverage and increase spectrum efficiency. However, the standard and technical specifications do not specify how to plan the locations of the SCs within the network. Several pa...