Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing Access (OFDMA) has been increasingly
deployed in various emerging and evolving cellular systems to reduce interference and …

In 3GPP Long Term Evolution (LTE) networks, the frequency reuse schemes such as
fractional frequency reuse (FFR) and soft frequency reuse (SFR) are used to improve system …

Spectrum scarcity and intercell interference (ICI) are two fundamental limiting factors in
wireless cellular systems. Soft frequency reuse (SFR) has been proposed as an effective …

Intercell interference is the main issue limiting the capacity of modern orthogonal frequency‐
division multiple access based cellular networks. Recently, extensive research work has …

Intercell interference coordination (ICIC) techniques not only help improve cellular data
coverage but allow more efficient use of a valuable wireless spectrum as well. This paper …

In this work, we propose a robust planning tool that allocates power statically in
homogeneous and heterogeneous cellular networks with non-regular base station (BTS) …

Interference management has been recognized by the industry as a key enabler for 4G
systems. Emerging technologies include multicarrier systems such as LTE and WiMAX for …

Inter-cell interference (ICI) is responsible for user throughput degradation and especially for
users found near cell border which additionally experience serious path-losses. Efficient …

Frequency reuse is a key concept for interference mitigation and thereby enhancing cell-
edge performance in OFDMA networks. Two representative strategies are Fractional …

Soft frequency reuse (SFR) has been proposed as a technique to address the problem of
intercell interference (ICI) in cellular networks. A major challenge facing SFR implementation …