Dual Connectivity in Heterogeneous Small Cell Networks with mmWave Backhauls

Algorithm 1

SeNB and multihop backhaul selection for dual connectivity.

Require: Capacity of a link (),  

   Initialize

   Initialize and its route, ,  

   Assign of MeNB

   Enqueue UEs

   while  Dequeue an UE ← minimum in   do

      Find multiple routes, , with minimum hops from ,  

      while    do

         Calculate ,

         Select minimum

         if    then

         end if

      end while

      Get a SeNB of

      Configure a secondary carrier at SeNB ,

      Set associated flow in

   end while

   return