Robust linear precoder design for multi-cell downlink transmission

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 235-251

  Tajer, Ali ^a   Prasad, Narayan ^b   Wang, Xiaodong ^c  

^a Princeton University   (United States)

^b NEC LABORATORIES AMERICA   (United States)

^c Fu Foundation School of Engineering and Applied Science   (United States)

Author keywords

Beamforming; cooperation; downlink; multi cell; robust

Indexed keywords

COOPERATION; DOWNLINK; DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONS; INFORMATION EXCHANGES; LINEAR PRECODER DESIGNS; MULTICELL; NOISY CHANNEL ESTIMATE; ROBUST;

BASE STATIONS; BEAMFORMING; CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION; COMPLEX NETWORKS; DATA PROCESSING; DESIGN; OPTIMIZATION; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS; TRANSCEIVERS;

QUALITY OF SERVICE;

EID: 80455139463     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2010.2082537     Document Type: Article

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