Theoretical and experimental comparison of optimisation criteria for downlink beamforming

European Transactions on Telecommunications

Volumn 12, Issue 5, 2001, Pages 417-426

  Boche, Holger ^a   Schubert, Martin ^a  

^a FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

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EID: 0007792982     PISSN: 1124318X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/ett.4460120507     Document Type: Article

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