Small Cell Networks
Presently, cellular network users are not only those which generate mostly downlink traffic (web browsing, downloading) but also combination of users generating symmetric (both uplink and downlink) traffic (social networking, video conferencing, gaming) and users generating uplink traffic (IoT traffic). In order to provide better connectivity and high data rates to these users, low power network nodes, called small cells, are being deployed in LTE networks. Examples of such small cells are micro cell, pico cell, relay, remote radio head (RRH) and femto cell. The challenges associated with the small cell deployment are cross-tier & co-tier interference, frequent handovers, inefficient radio resource allocation in dense small cell deployment scenarios, load balancing, and efficient placement and power control. In order to address these challenges, we have been working on the following solutions:
Research Scholars : R. Vanlin Sathya (Ph.D), K.Mallikarjuna Raju (Ph.D), Deepa Martolia (M.Tech), B Akilesh (B.Tech), Arun Ramamurthy (B.Tech)
Vanlin sathya, Arun Ramamurthy, S. Sandeep Kumar and Bheemarjuna Reddy "On improving SINR in LTE HetNets with D2D Relays", Elsevier Computer Communications, December 2015.
Vanlin Sathya, Arun Ramamurthy, Milind Tahalani and T. Bheemarjuna Reddy, “On femto placement and decoupled access for downlink and uplink in enterprise environments”,EAI Endorsed Transactions on Ubiquitous Environments e5 on Future Internet, November 2015.
Hatim Lokhandwala, Vanlin Sathya, and T. Bheemarjuna Reddy, “Phantom Cell Architecture for LTE and its Application in Vehicular IoT Environments”, EAI Endorsed Transactions on Ubiquitous Environments e5 on Future Internet, July 2015. [Link to Article]
Thomas Valerrian Pasca S, Sumanta Patro, Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, and Antony Franklin A, "Tightly Coupled LTE Wi-Fi Radio Access Networks: A Demo of LWIP", in Proc. of COMmunication Systems and NETworkS (COMSNETS 2017), January 2017.
Akilesh B, Vanlin Sathya, Arun Ramamurthy and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma,"A Novel Scheduling Algorithm to Maximize the D2D Spatial Reuse in LTE Networks", in Proc. of IEEE ANTS, November 2016.
Mukesh Giluka, Sibgath Khan, Gadde Murali Krishna, Touheed Atif, Vanlin Sathya and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma,"On Handovers in Uplink/Downlink Decoupled LTE HetNets" in Proc. of IEEE WCNC Workshop, Apirl 2016, Doha, Qatar.
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Vanlin Sathya, Anil Kumar Rangisetti, Arun Ramamurthy and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Maximizing Dual Cell Connectivity Opportunities in Small Cells Deployments" in Proc. of NCC, March 2016, IIT Guwahati, India.
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Arun Ramamurthy, Vanlin Sathya R, Varsha Venkatesh, Ritih Ramji and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Energy-efficient Femtocell Placement in LTE Networks" in Proc. of IEEE CONNECT, July 2015, Bangalore, India.
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Vanlin Sathya, Arun Ramamorthy and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Joint Placement and Power Control of LTE Femto Base Stations in Enterprise Environments," in Proc. of IEEE ICNC, Feb 2015, Anaheim, California, USA.
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Hatim Lokhandwala, Vanlin Sathya and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Phantom Cell Realization in LTE and its Performance Analysis," in Proc. of IEEE ANTS, December 2014, New Delhi, India.
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R Vanlin sathya, Arun Ramamurthy and Bheemarjuna Reddy “On Placement and Dynamic Power Control of Femtocells in LTE HetNets,” in Proc. of IEEE GLOBECOM, December 2014.
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Milind Tahalani, Vanlin Sathya R, Arun Ramamurthy, Suhas U S, Mukesh Kumar Giluka and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Optimal Placement of Femto Base Stations in Enterprise Femtocell Networks,"in Proc. of IEEE ANTS, December 2014, New Delhi, India.
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Bala Murali Krishna K, Madhuri S, Vanlin Sathya, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "A Dynamic Link Aggregation Scheme for Heterogeneous Wireless Networks", in Proc. of IEEE CONECCT, January 2014.
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Chaganti Ramaraju, R Vanlin Sathya, Shaik Asif Ahammed, A Riddhi Rex and Bheemarjuna Reddy, "Efficient SON Handover Scheme for Enterprise Femtocell Networks", in Proc. of IEEE ANTS,December 2013.
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Vanlin Sathya, Harsha Vardhan G, Hemanth N, Bala Murali Krishna K, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Enhanced Distributed Resource Allocation and Interference Management in LTE Femtocell Networks", in Proc. of IEEE WiMob, October 2013.
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Vanlin Sathya, Bala Murali Krishna K, and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Efficient Interference Management Scheme for LTE Femtocell Networks", ACM Mobihoc, July-August 2013.
Vanlin Sathya and Bheemarjuna Reddy Tamma, "Dynamic Spectrum Allocation in Femto based LTE Network", in Proc. of Communication Systems and Networks (COMSNETS 2013), January 2013. [Paper, Slides]