Paging load balance in hierarchical cellular networks

Author

Xiao, Yang ; Guizani, Mohsen

Author_Institution

Dept. of Comput. Sci., Memphis Univ., TN

Volume

5

fYear

2005

fDate

2-2 Dec. 2005

Lastpage

2626

Abstract

Two paging schemes, called separated macro-micro paging (SMMP) and combined macro-micro paging (CMMP) for macrocell-microcell hierarchal cellular networks, are proposed in this paper. In this kind of networks, mobile terminals (MTs) can receive signals from both macrocells and overlaid microcells. In the SMMP scheme, an MT can be paged from either the macrocell-tier or its overlaid microcell-tier. In the CMMP scheme, an MT is paged in a mix of the macrocell-tier and its overlaid microcell-tier. Optimal paging load balance between the macrocell-tier and the microcell-tier has been studied

Keywords

microcellular radio; paging communication; combined macro-micro paging; hierarchical cellular networks; macrocell-microcell hierarchal cellular networks; macrocell-tier; mobile terminals; overlaid microcell-tier; paging load balance; separated macro-micro paging; Base stations; Computer science; Costs; Delay effects; Intelligent networks; Land mobile radio cellular systems; Macrocell networks; Microcell networks; Paging strategies; Personal communication networks;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Global Telecommunications Conference, 2005. GLOBECOM '05. IEEE

Conference_Location

St. Louis, MO

Print_ISBN

0-7803-9414-3

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/GLOCOM.2005.1578235

Filename

1578235