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Table 1 Notation

From: A low-complexity cell clustering algorithm in dense small cell networks

Symbol

Description

K

Number of small cells in a macro cell

N

Number of small cell clusters in a macro cell

\(\mathbb {C}\)

A clustering formation ∈Ω

Ω

Set of clustering formations

C n

nth cluster

\({k_{l}^{n}}\)

lth small cell in nth cluster

\(\mathcal {K}\)

Set of small cells

w i,j

Metric between small cell i and small cell j

Δ i,j

Effect from small cell j to small cell i

\(\mathcal {W} \left (C_{n} \right)\)

Sum of metrics in C n

\(\mathcal {U} \left (\mathbb {C} \right)\)

Sum of metrics within each cluster under \(\mathbb {C}\)

Δ

Matrix representing metrics

Δ(C i )

Sub-matrix corresponding to C i in Δ

Θ

Label based on which elements in Δ are arranged

\(\mathcal {X}_{l}^{n}\)

Set of small cells that have been selected

 

By the (l−1)th cell in C n

\(\mathcal {Y}^{n}\)

Set of small cells that are included in from C 1 to C n

\(\mathcal {Z}_{l}^{n}\)

Set of small cells in C n up to lth cell

T n

Number of small cells that have been

 

Selected from C 1 to C n