Design and Deployment of Small Cell Networks

Hardback

Main Details

Title Design and Deployment of Small Cell Networks
Authors and Contributors      Edited by Alagan Anpalagan
Edited by Mehdi Bennis
Edited by Rath Vannithamby
Physical Properties
Format:Hardback
Pages:519
Dimensions(mm): Height 253,Width 180
Category/GenreCommunications engineering and telecommunications
Computer networking and communications
ISBN/Barcode 9781107056718
ClassificationsDewey:621.382
Audience
Professional & Vocational
Illustrations 23 Tables, black and white; 241 Line drawings, black and white

Publishing Details

Publisher Cambridge University Press
Imprint Cambridge University Press
Publication Date 17 December 2015
Publication Country United Kingdom

Description

This comprehensive resource covers everything you need to know about small cell networks, from design, to analysis, optimization and deployment. Detailing fundamental concepts as well as more advanced topics, and describing emerging trends, challenges and recent research results, this book explains how you can improve performance, decision making, resource management, and energy efficiency in next generation wireless networks. Key topics covered include green small cell networks and associated trade-offs, optimized design and performance analysis, backhauling and traffic overloading, context-aware self-organizing networks, deployment strategies and mobility management in large scale HetNets. Written by leading experts in academia and industry and including tools and techniques for small cell network design and deployment, this is an ideal resource for graduate students, researchers and industry practitioners working in communications and networking.

Author Biography

Alagan Anpalagan is Full Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Ryerson University, where he is the recipient of the Dean's Teaching Award, Faculty Scholastic, Research and Creativity Award, and Faculty Service Award. He is a registered professional engineer in the province of Ontario, Canada, and a Fellow of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. Mehdi Bennis is a Senior Research Fellow at the Centre for Wireless Communications (CWC), University of Oulu, Finland. Previously he worked as a research engineer at IMRA-EUROPE and was a visiting researcher at the Alcatel-Lucent Chair on Flexible Radio, SUPELEC. Rath Vannithamby leads a team responsible for 5G and Internet of Things research at Intel Labs and was previously a researcher at Ericsson. He is currently a Senior Member of the IEEE and an IEEE Communications Society Distinguished Lecturer.

Reviews

'Small cell networks are poised to play an important role in the communications technologies of the 2020s and beyond, particularly in fifth generation wireless systems. Edited by well-known experts from university and industry, this is the defining book on this topic and is a must-have for a researcher engineer in this field.' Vijay Bhargava, University of British Columbia