Network MIMO with linear zero-forcing beamforming: Large system analysis, impact of channel estimation, and reduced-complexity scheduling

IEEE Transactions on Information Theory

Volumn 58, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 2911-2934

  Huh, Hoon ^a,b   Tulino, Antonia M ^c   Caire, Giuseppe ^a  

^a University of Southern California ^*  (United States)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

^c LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

Author keywords

Channel estimation; downlink scheduling; large random matrices; linear zero forcing beamforming; network MIMO

Indexed keywords

ANALYTIC EXPRESSIONS; BASE STATION COOPERATION; CHANNEL MATRICES; CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION AT THE TRANSMITTERS; CHANNEL VECTORS; DOWNLINK CHANNELS; DOWNLINK SCHEDULING; FAIRNESS CRITERIA; FROBENIUS NORM; HIGHER-DIMENSIONAL; JOINT TRANSMISSIONS; LARGE RANDOM MATRICES; LARGE SYSTEM ANALYSIS; MOORE-PENROSE; MULTI-ANTENNA; MULTICELL SYSTEM; NEW RESULTS; NONIDEAL; PATH LOSS; POWER CONSTRAINTS; PRE-SELECTED; PSEUDO-INVERSES; RANDOM MATRIX THEORY; REDUCED-COMPLEXITY; SUB-MATRICES; SYSTEM SPECTRAL EFFICIENCY; USER SELECTION; USER TERMINALS; ZERO-FORCING BEAM-FORMING;

ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; CHANNEL ESTIMATION; CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION; COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); MATRIX ALGEBRA; SCHEDULING; SPECTRUM ANALYZERS;

BASE STATIONS;

EID: 84860252243     PISSN: 00189448     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TIT.2011.2178230     Document Type: Conference Paper

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