{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2787125572","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc.2017.8292248","title":"What user-cell association algorithms will perform best in mmWave massive MIMO ultra-dense HetNets?","display_name":"What user-cell association algorithms will perform best in mmWave massive MIMO ultra-dense HetNets?","publication_year":2017,"publication_date":"2017-10-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2787125572","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc.2017.8292248","mag":"2787125572"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/pimrc.2017.8292248","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc.2017.8292248","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)","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/A5090644291","display_name":"Sinasi Cetinkaya","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1853-9384"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87208437","display_name":"University of Tulsa","ror":"https://ror.org/04wn28048","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87208437"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I8692664","display_name":"University of Oklahoma","ror":"https://ror.org/02aqsxs83","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I8692664"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Sinasi Cetinkaya","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87208437","https://openalex.org/I8692664"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5009259666","display_name":"Umair Sajid Hashmi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8704-7132"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87208437","display_name":"University of Tulsa","ror":"https://ror.org/04wn28048","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87208437"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I8692664","display_name":"University of Oklahoma","ror":"https://ror.org/02aqsxs83","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I8692664"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Umair Sajid Hashmi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87208437","https://openalex.org/I8692664"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100331811","display_name":"Muhammad Ali Imran","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4743-9136"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I87208437","display_name":"University of Tulsa","ror":"https://ror.org/04wn28048","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I87208437"]},{"id":"https://openalex.org/I8692664","display_name":"University of Oklahoma","ror":"https://ror.org/02aqsxs83","country_code":"US","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I8692664"]}],"countries":["US"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ali Imran","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, The University of Oklahoma, Tulsa, OK","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I87208437","https://openalex.org/I8692664"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":3,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5090644291"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I8692664","https://openalex.org/I87208437"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.4334,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":21,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.83666183,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":89,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":null,"issue":null,"first_page":"1","last_page":"7"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10148","display_name":"Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization","score":1.0,"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":1.0,"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":0.9994000196456909,"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"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11458","display_name":"Advanced Wireless Communication Technologies","score":0.9983000159263611,"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"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.768261194229126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mimo","display_name":"MIMO","score":0.7613784074783325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications-link","display_name":"Telecommunications link","score":0.701651930809021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.5956884622573853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/bandwidth","display_name":"Bandwidth (computing)","score":0.5694032907485962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/heterogeneous-network","display_name":"Heterogeneous network","score":0.5581141710281372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/throughput","display_name":"Throughput","score":0.4528067111968994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/femtocell","display_name":"Femtocell","score":0.4492897689342499},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/user-equipment","display_name":"User equipment","score":0.42504486441612244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/macro","display_name":"Macro","score":0.42014530301094055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/base-station","display_name":"Base station","score":0.3634297847747803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.3353034555912018},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless","display_name":"Wireless","score":0.2770964801311493},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-network","display_name":"Wireless network","score":0.2068491280078888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/telecommunications","display_name":"Telecommunications","score":0.13150200247764587}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.768261194229126},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C207987634","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176862","display_name":"MIMO","level":3,"score":0.7613784074783325},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C138660444","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5607897","display_name":"Telecommunications link","level":2,"score":0.701651930809021},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.5956884622573853},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2776257435","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1576430","display_name":"Bandwidth (computing)","level":2,"score":0.5694032907485962},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158207573","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5747224","display_name":"Heterogeneous network","level":4,"score":0.5581141710281372},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C157764524","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1383412","display_name":"Throughput","level":3,"score":0.4528067111968994},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C152504517","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q572455","display_name":"Femtocell","level":3,"score":0.4492897689342499},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2781327853","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3552547","display_name":"User equipment","level":3,"score":0.42504486441612244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C166955791","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q629579","display_name":"Macro","level":2,"score":0.42014530301094055},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C68649174","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1379116","display_name":"Base station","level":2,"score":0.3634297847747803},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.3353034555912018},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C555944384","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q249","display_name":"Wireless","level":2,"score":0.2770964801311493},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C108037233","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11375","display_name":"Wireless network","level":3,"score":0.2068491280078888},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C76155785","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q418","display_name":"Telecommunications","level":1,"score":0.13150200247764587},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C199360897","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9143","display_name":"Programming language","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":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/pimrc.2017.8292248","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/pimrc.2017.8292248","pdf_url":null,"source":null,"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"2017 IEEE 28th Annual International Symposium on Personal, Indoor, and Mobile Radio Communications (PIMRC)","raw_type":"proceedings-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":28,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W905396345","https://openalex.org/W1584244501","https://openalex.org/W1945760240","https://openalex.org/W1971443733","https://openalex.org/W2031858701","https://openalex.org/W2032667779","https://openalex.org/W2043854726","https://openalex.org/W2057540419","https://openalex.org/W2059867700","https://openalex.org/W2060617892","https://openalex.org/W2067040941","https://openalex.org/W2076933439","https://openalex.org/W2084099189","https://openalex.org/W2095843437","https://openalex.org/W2104621895","https://openalex.org/W2128513990","https://openalex.org/W2147601077","https://openalex.org/W2228048552","https://openalex.org/W2256188983","https://openalex.org/W2368600038","https://openalex.org/W2520645121","https://openalex.org/W2521993221","https://openalex.org/W2527253956","https://openalex.org/W3098676606","https://openalex.org/W3102351675","https://openalex.org/W3105101694","https://openalex.org/W3106282754","https://openalex.org/W3107179866"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2090326367","https://openalex.org/W4365807906","https://openalex.org/W2157864637","https://openalex.org/W4223416141","https://openalex.org/W2105999282","https://openalex.org/W3006920049","https://openalex.org/W1922070205","https://openalex.org/W2136902318","https://openalex.org/W2613807087","https://openalex.org/W2962922943"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"With":[0],"increasing":[1],"cell":[2],"density":[3],"and":[4,68,73,160],"the":[5,8,29,79,123,139,145,153,173],"heterogeneity":[6],"in":[7,44,49,71,90,104,111,115,126,158],"network,":[9],"optimal":[10],"user-cell":[11,34,54,83],"association":[12,35,55,84,124,149,197],"which":[13],"is":[14,183],"a":[15,91,129,136,165],"well":[16,188],"known":[17],"open":[18],"problem,":[19],"will":[20],"become":[21],"an":[22],"even":[23],"more":[24],"challenging":[25],"issue.":[26],"Contrary":[27,143],"to":[28,144],"current":[30],"studies":[31],"that":[32,151,169],"address":[33],"problem":[36,56,125,134,182],"for":[37,57,86],"convectional":[38],"HetNets":[39],"with":[40,61],"massive":[41,62,87],"MIMO":[42,63,88],"deployments":[43],"HF":[45,72,105,112,159],"(high":[46],"frequencies)":[47],"ranges,":[48],"this":[50,119],"paper":[51],"we":[52,121,163],"investigate":[53],"dense":[58],"two-tier":[59,92],"networks":[60],"deployment":[64,89,97],"both":[65],"at":[66,178],"macro":[67],"femto-tier":[69],"operating":[70,103,110],"mmWave":[74,116,161,179],"spectrum,":[75],"respectively.":[76],"We":[77],"evaluate":[78],"performance":[80],"of":[81,128,138,155,175],"four":[82],"algorithms":[85],"network":[93,131],"under":[94],"two":[95],"different":[96],"scenarios:":[98],"1)":[99],"HF-HF":[100],"(both":[101],"tiers":[102],"band);":[106],"2)":[107],"HF-mmWave":[108],"(MBSs":[109],"while":[113],"FBSs":[114],"bands.":[117,180],"To":[118],"end,":[120],"model":[122],"form":[127],"convex":[130],"utility":[132,167],"maximization":[133],"as":[135,187,189],"function":[137,168],"downlink":[140],"user":[141,192,196],"throughput.":[142],"existing":[146],"load":[147,194],"aware":[148,195],"schemes":[150],"preclude":[152],"effect":[154,174],"bandwidth":[156,177],"disparity":[157],"bands,":[162],"propose":[164],"modified":[166],"takes":[170],"into":[171],"account":[172],"large":[176],"The":[181],"solvable":[184],"through":[185],"centralized":[186],"distributed":[190],"or":[191],"centric":[193],"schemes.":[198]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":2},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":5},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2025-11-06T03:46:38.306776","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}