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Area spectral efficiency refers to the data rate that can be achieved per unit bandwidth and in a unit area of the wireless network. It has the unit of b/s/Hz/m2 or b/s/Hz/km2.
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Network densification has been the main driver of wireless network capacity increase in the past and will play an even more crucial role in the development of the next generation mobile communication systems (5G). Network densification refers to the deployment of more base stations (BSs) and wireless access points per unit area and the associated technological advances to support such densification. There are three primary ways of increasing the wireless network capacity: (1) adding more spectrum, (2) enhancing spectral efficiency through advanced communication techniques, and (3) enhancing spatial reuse of frequency spectrum through network densification. The area spectral efficiency (ASE) is a major metric to measure the...
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Mao, G. (2018). Area Spectral Efficiency of Ultradense Networks. In: Shen, X., Lin, X., Zhang, K. (eds) Encyclopedia of Wireless Networks. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-32903-1_44-1
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