A mixed SINR-balancing and SINR-target-constraints-based beamformer design technique for spectrum-sharing networks

IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 4403-4414

  Rahulamathavan, Yogachandran ^a   Cumanan, Kanapathippillai ^a   Lambotharan, Sangarapillai ^a  

^a LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Beamforming; signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) balancing; spectrum sharing network; uplink downlink duality

Indexed keywords

BEAMFORMER DESIGN; BEAMFORMERS; COGNITIVE RADIO NETWORK; DESIGN FRAMEWORKS; LINEAR CONSTRAINTS; MATHEMATICAL FRAMEWORKS; NOISE RATIO; OPTIMALITY; SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE PLUS NOISE RATIO; SPECIFIC SUBSET; SUBGRADIENT METHODS; TOTAL TRANSMISSION; UPLINK-DOWNLINK DUALITY;

ALGORITHMS; BEAMFORMING; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; DESIGN; IMAGE RESOLUTION; MULTIUSER DETECTION; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SIGNAL DETECTION;

SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

EID: 83655193289     PISSN: 00189545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TVT.2011.2171200     Document Type: Conference Paper

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