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In this article we aim to determine the most cost-effective deployment strategies for heterogeneous wireless networks through up-to-date comparative cost analysis. For that purpose we develop a cost model using as input base station class specific parameters related to unit cost, coverage and capacity. The network dimensioning is done for different volumes of data served with advanced radio access technologies like: LTE-Advanced and IEEE 802.11n. For the evaluation of moderate area capacity, outdoor pico cell deployment appears to be most cost-effective solution for the assessed dense urban area. Additionally, through case study we compare the cost-capacity performance of the macro and femto cell networks under the high to excessive demand of up to 80 GB/user/month. Femto cell solution is more cost efficient when new macro base station sites need to be deployed, unless the macro cell network is strengthened with more spectrum or the LTE-Advanced carrier aggregation functionality is introduced.
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Nikolikj, V., Janevski, T. (2014). Cost Modeling of Advanced Heterogeneous Wireless Networks under Excessive User Demand. In: Mellouk, A., Fowler, S., Hoceini, S., Daachi, B. (eds) Wired/Wireless Internet Communications. WWIC 2014. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 8458. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13174-0_6
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