Monotonic optimization framework for coordinated beamforming in multicell networks

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 60, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1899-1909

  Utschick, Wolfgang ^a   Brehmer, Johannes ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beamforming; interference coordination; monotonic optimization; multicell networks; nonconvex utility maximization; polyblock algorithm; scheduling

Indexed keywords

ARITHMETIC MEAN; COORDINATED BEAMFORMING; GEOMETRIC MEAN; GLOBAL OPTIMALITY; INTERCELL INTERFERENCE; INTERCELL INTERFERENCE MANAGEMENT; INTERFERENCE COORDINATION; JOINT TRANSMISSIONS; LIMITING FACTORS; MAX-MIN; MOBILE TERMINAL; MONOTONIC OPTIMIZATION; MULTICELL NETWORKS; MULTIPLE ANTENNA; NONCONVEX; NONCONVEX OPTIMIZATION PROBLEM; NUMERICAL COMPLEXITY; OPTIMAL BEAMFORMING; OPTIMIZATION PROBLEMS; PERFORMANCE GAIN; PERFORMANCE OBJECTIVE; PHYSICAL LAYERS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION PROBLEM; SINGLE ANTENNA; UTILITY FUNCTIONS; UTILITY MAXIMIZATIONS;

BASE STATIONS; BEAMFORMING; COMPUTER TERMINALS; LOCAL AREA NETWORKS; MOBILE PHONES; NETWORK LAYERS; NUMERICAL METHODS; RADIO INTERFERENCE; SCHEDULING; SCHEDULING ALGORITHMS;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84858306783     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2011.2182343     Document Type: Article

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