In particular, the integration of picocells with macrocells through a heterogeneous network can be useful in seamless hand-offs and increased mobile data capacity.
However, this allows for heterogeneous networks in which some devices receive continuously, while others only transmit when an external stimulus is detected.
Bundle protocols collect application data into bundles that can be sent across heterogeneous network configurations with high-level service guarantees.
Therefore, using the term heterogeneous network without putting it into perspective may result in a source of confusion in scientific literature and during the peer-review cycle.