Next-generation base station radio frequency architecture

Bell Labs Technical Journal

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 3-18

  Fischer, Georg ^a,b  

^a Wireless and Broadband Access Research Center   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ERLANGEN NUREMBERG   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER VISION; DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING; INTEGRATION; NATURAL FREQUENCIES; POWER AMPLIFIERS;

CENTRAL CONTROL CARDS; LINE INTERFACE; MOORE'S LAW; RADIO CARDS;

BASE STATIONS;

EID: 34548522536     PISSN: 10897089     EISSN: 15387305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bltj.20233     Document Type: Article

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