Title
Mobility robustness optimization in self-organizing LTE femtocell networks.
Abstract
Femtocell is a promising solution for enhancing the indoor coverage and capacity in wireless networks. However, for the small size of femtocell and potentially frequent power on/off, existing handover schemes may not be reliable enough for femtocell networks. Moreover, improper handover parameters settings may lead to handover failures and unnecessary handovers, which make it necessary to enhance the mobility robustness for femtocells. In this article, we propose a gradient method and cost function-based mobility robustness optimization scheme for long term evolution (LTE) femtocell self-organizing networks. Moreover, signalling overhead of the scheme is analyzed. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme has a better performance than the fixed parameters method in terms of reduced the number of handover failures and unnecessary handovers with limited signalling modifications. © 2013 Zheng et al.
Year
DOI
Venue
2013
10.1186/1687-1499-2013-27
EURASIP J. Wireless Comm. and Networking
Keywords
Field
DocType
User Equipment, Mobility Management, Late Handover, Handover Decision, Handover Procedure
Gradient method,Wireless network,Femtocell,Signalling,Mobility management,Computer science,Computer network,Robustness (computer science),Real-time computing,User equipment,Handover
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
2013
1
16871499
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
24
1.01
17
Authors
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Wei Zheng134230.46
Haijun Zhang21997123.11
Xiaoli Chu3128980.99
Xiangming Wen461882.20