Quantitative analysis of split base station processing and determination of advantageous architectures for LTE

Bell Labs Technical Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 105-128

  Dötsch, Uwe ^a   Doll, Mark ^a   Mayer, Hans Peter ^a   Schaich, Frank ^a   Segel, Jonathan ^b   Sehier, Philippe ^b  

^a LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^b NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASE-BAND PROCESSING; CENTRALIZED PROCESSING; COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSIONS; COORDINATION MECHANISMS; COST EFFECTIVE; OPERATIONAL IMPACTS; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; SITE OPERATIONS;

ARCHITECTURE; LONG TERM EVOLUTION (LTE); NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO TRANSMISSION;

COST REDUCTION;

EID: 84878381818     PISSN: 10897089     EISSN: 15387305     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/bltj.21595     Document Type: Article

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