{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2787540747","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comnet.2017.8285588","title":"Mobile user association for heterogeneous networks using optimal transport theory","display_name":"Mobile user association for heterogeneous networks using optimal transport theory","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-03-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2787540747","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comnet.2017.8285588","mag":"2787540747"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/comnet.2017.8285588","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comnet.2017.8285588","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 Sixth International Conference on Communications and Networking (ComNet)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5021394822","display_name":"Hakim Ghazzai","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-8636-4264"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4210092118","display_name":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center","ror":"https://ror.org/00dgyys91","country_code":"QA","type":"facility","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","display_name":"Qatar University","ror":"https://ror.org/00yhnba62","country_code":"QA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}],"countries":["QA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hakim Ghazzai","raw_affiliation_strings":["Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Qatar Mobility Innovations Center (QMIC), Qatar University, Doha, Qatar","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4210092118","https://openalex.org/I60342839"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5073493112","display_name":"Hamidou Tembin\u00e9","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1604-8223"},"institutions":[],"countries":[],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Hamidou Tembine","raw_affiliation_strings":["New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, AE"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"New York University - Abu Dhabi Campus, Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi, AE","institution_ids":[]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5083193286","display_name":"Mohamed\u2010Slim Alouini","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4827-1793"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I71920554","display_name":"King Abdullah University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/01q3tbs38","country_code":"SA","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71920554"]}],"countries":["SA"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Mohamed-Slim Alouini","raw_affiliation_strings":["King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal, Saudi Arabia","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I71920554"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":0.1408,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":5,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.53867929,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":90,"max":96},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"6"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10148","display_name":"Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10148","display_name":"Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization","score":0.9998999834060669,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11409","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Network Optimization","score":0.9994000196456909,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2208","display_name":"Electrical and Electronic Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10796","display_name":"Cooperative Communication and Network Coding","score":0.9983999729156494,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7222502827644348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/base-station","display_name":"Base station","score":0.705915093421936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/voronoi-diagram","display_name":"Voronoi diagram","score":0.6909614205360413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/transmitter-power-output","display_name":"Transmitter power output","score":0.6547216176986694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/quality-of-service","display_name":"Quality of service","score":0.6109821796417236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.594336986541748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cellular-network","display_name":"Cellular network","score":0.59361732006073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.5001664161682129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource-allocation","display_name":"Resource allocation","score":0.4746147692203522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-consumption","display_name":"Energy consumption","score":0.46719977259635925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/orthogonal-frequency-division-multiple-access","display_name":"Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access","score":0.42063841223716736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/resource","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","score":0.41107994318008423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/orthogonal-frequency-division-multiplexing","display_name":"Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing","score":0.20484599471092224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematics","display_name":"Mathematics","score":0.1823117733001709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.12143421173095703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/electrical-engineering","display_name":"Electrical engineering","score":0.09403499960899353}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7222502827644348},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68649174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379116","display_name":"Base station","level":2,"score":0.705915093421936},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24881265","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q757267","display_name":"Voronoi diagram","level":2,"score":0.6909614205360413},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C65422117","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q358527","display_name":"Transmitter power output","level":4,"score":0.6547216176986694},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5119721","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220501","display_name":"Quality of service","level":2,"score":0.6109821796417236},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.594336986541748},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C153646914","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q535695","display_name":"Cellular network","level":2,"score":0.59361732006073},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.5001664161682129},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C29202148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q287260","display_name":"Resource allocation","level":2,"score":0.4746147692203522},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780165032","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16869822","display_name":"Energy consumption","level":2,"score":0.46719977259635925},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2775907427","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2697649","display_name":"Orthogonal frequency-division multiple access","level":4,"score":0.42063841223716736},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206345919","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q20380951","display_name":"Resource (disambiguation)","level":2,"score":0.41107994318008423},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C40409654","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q375889","display_name":"Orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing","level":3,"score":0.20484599471092224},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.1823117733001709},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.12143421173095703},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.09403499960899353},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C47798520","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q190157","display_name":"Transmitter","level":3,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2524010","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8087","display_name":"Geometry","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127162648","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16858953","display_name":"Channel (broadcasting)","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":3,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/comnet.2017.8285588","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/comnet.2017.8285588","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 Sixth International Conference on Communications and Networking (ComNet)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:qspace.qu.edu.qa:10576/60435","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10576/60435","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306400014","display_name":"Qatar University QSpace (Qatar University)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I60342839","host_organization_name":"Qatar University","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I60342839"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":null,"raw_type":"Conference"},{"id":"pmh:oai:repository.kaust.edu.sa:10754/631636","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/10754/631636","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401596","display_name":"King Abdullah University of Science and Technology Repository (King Abdullah University of Science and Technology)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I71920554","host_organization_name":"King Abdullah University of Science and Technology","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I71920554"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Conference Paper"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":15,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W763239503","https://openalex.org/W1488840134","https://openalex.org/W1598931193","https://openalex.org/W2008745243","https://openalex.org/W2012775442","https://openalex.org/W2014326592","https://openalex.org/W2022070071","https://openalex.org/W2067723929","https://openalex.org/W2068957801","https://openalex.org/W2099837461","https://openalex.org/W2125725268","https://openalex.org/W2127968242","https://openalex.org/W2520146519","https://openalex.org/W4233762729","https://openalex.org/W6635850725"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2029232111","https://openalex.org/W4226221834","https://openalex.org/W3199982042","https://openalex.org/W1664289808","https://openalex.org/W2159422359","https://openalex.org/W4286971365","https://openalex.org/W2349054151","https://openalex.org/W2335680976","https://openalex.org/W2294196761","https://openalex.org/W2141929741"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0,45],"paper":[1],"investigates":[2],"the":[3,15,22,32,50,60,89,93,110,124],"mobile":[4],"user":[5,79,105],"association":[6],"problem":[7],"for":[8,92],"heterogeneous":[9],"networks.":[10,44],"More":[11],"specifically,":[12],"it":[13],"applies":[14],"optimal":[16,90],"transport":[17],"(OT)":[18],"concept":[19],"to":[20,25,87,123],"determine":[21],"cells":[23],"corresponding":[24],"each":[26],"base":[27],"station":[28],"(BS)":[29],"that":[30,109],"minimize":[31],"total":[33],"transmit":[34],"power":[35,66],"consumption":[36],"of":[37,53,70],"orthogonal":[38],"frequency-division":[39],"multiple":[40],"access":[41],"(OFDMA)":[42],"cellular":[43],"is":[46,85],"performed":[47],"by":[48,56],"respecting":[49],"network":[51],"quality":[52],"service":[54],"and":[55,68,78,107],"taking":[57],"into":[58],"account":[59],"resource":[61,71],"limitation":[62],"per":[63],"BS":[64,76],"(e.g.,":[65],"budget":[67],"number":[69],"blocks).":[72],"Starting":[73],"from":[74],"given":[75],"locations":[77],"distributions,":[80],"a":[81,118],"fixed":[82],"point":[83],"algorithm":[84],"employed":[86],"find":[88],"solution":[91,116],"formulated":[94],"problem.":[95],"Selected":[96],"numerical":[97],"results":[98],"investigate":[99],"various":[100],"practical":[101],"scenarios":[102],"with":[103],"different":[104],"distributions":[106],"show":[108],"cell":[111,127],"boundaries":[112],"obtained":[113],"using":[114],"OT":[115],"provide":[117],"significant":[119],"energy":[120],"saving":[121],"compared":[122],"classical":[125],"Voronoi":[126],"boundaries.":[128]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":1}],"updated_date":"2026-07-02T09:51:11.867554","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}