Coordinated Multipoint (comp) Systems

Mobile and Wireless Communications for IMT-Advanced and Beyond

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 121-155

  Boldi, Mauro ^a   Tölli, Antti ^b   Olsson, Magnus ^c   Hardouin, Eric ^d   Svensson, Tommy ^e   Boccardi, Federico ^f   Thiele, Lars ^g   Jungnickel, Volker ^g  

^a TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OULU   (Finland)

^c ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^d ORANGE LABS   (France)

^e CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^f LUCENT TECHNOLOGIES   (United States)

^g FRAUNHOFER HEINRICH HERTZ INSTITUTE   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adopted acronym describing coordinated approach (CoMP), among involved entities; CoMP architectures; CoMP implementation constraints; Concept of CoMP, steps simple relay based approaches to recent JP schemes; Coordinated beamforming and scheduling techniques JP, technique enhancing cell average and cell edge throughput; Coordinated MultiPoint (CoMP) systems and CoMP types, architectures to implement CoMP; Different time scales for coordination in all CoMP architectures; Future cellular networks, high data rate services for User Equipments (UEs); Reference signals (RSs), key element of system design performance of channel estimation; Wyner Model to joint processing network infrastructure based coordinated processing, across distributed BS antenna heads

Indexed keywords

EID: 84878647100     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781119976431.ch6     Document Type: Chapter

References (93)

1. 3GPP 2006 Physical Layer Aspects for Evolved Universal Terrestial Radio Access (UTRA) (Release 7). Technical Report 25.814 v7.1.0, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/2006-09/Rel-7/.
2. GPP 2010 Further Advancements for E-UTRA Physical Layer Aspects. Technical Report 36.814 v9.0.0, 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP), http://www.3gpp.org/ftp/Specs/2010-03/Rel-9/.
3. Aktas D, Bacha M, Evans J and Hanly S 2006 Scaling results on the sum capacity of cellular networks with MIMO links. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 52(7), 3264-3274.
4. Aktas E, Evans J and Hanly S 2008 Distributed decoding in a cellular multiple-access channel. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 7(1), 241-250.
5. Alcatel-Lucent 2008 UE PMI feedback signalling for user pairing/coordination. Technical Report R1-083759, 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project, Working Group RAN1, meeting 54, Prague, Czech Republic.
6. Alcatel-Lucent 2010 Performance of coordinated beamforming with multiple PMI feedback. Technical Report R1-100944, 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project, Working Group RAN1, meeting 60, San Francisco, USA.
7. ARTIST4G 2010 Definitions and Architecture Requirements for Supporting Interference Avoidance Techniques (ed. D'Amico V. and Gresset N.). Public Deliverable D1.1, Advanced Radio InTerface TechnologIes for 4G SysTems-ARTIST4G, August 2010.
8. Baum DS, Salo J, Milojevic M, Kyösti P and Hansen J 2005 MATLAB implementation of the interim channel model for beyond-3G systems (SCME), http://radio.tkk.fi/en/research/rfapplicationsinmobilecommunication/radiochannel/scm.html.
9. Bengtsson M 2001 Jointly optimal downlink beamforming and base station assignment in Proc. IEEE Int. Conf. Acoust., Speech, Signal Processing, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA.
10. Björnson E, Jaldén N, Bengtsson M and Ottersten B In press Optimality properties, distributed strategies, and measurementbased evaluation of coordinated multicell OFDMA transmission.IEEE Trans. Signal Processing.
11. Bletsas A and Lippman A 2006 Implementing cooperative diversity antenna arrays with commodity hardware. IEEE Commun. Mag. 44(12), 33-40.
12. Boccardi F and Huang H 2006 Zero-forcing precoding for the mimo broadcast channel under per-antenna power constraints Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, 2006. SPAWC '06. IEEE 7th Workshop on, pp. 1-5.
13. Boccardi F and Huang H 2007a Limited downlink network coordination in cellular networks. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications.
14. Boccardi F and Huang H 2007b A near-optimum technique using linear precoding for the MIMO broadcast channel. IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing.
15. Botella C, Piñero G, González A and de Diego M 2008 Coordination in a multi-cell multi-antenna multi-user W-CDMA system: a beamforming approach. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 7(11), 4479-4485.
16. Boyd S, Xiao L, Mutapcic A and Mattingley J 2007 Notes on decomposition methods. Course reader for convex optimization II, Stanford, http://www.stanford.edu/class/ee364b/.
17. Brueck S, Zhao L, Giese J and Awais Amin M 2010 Centralized scheduling for joint transmission coordinated multi-point in LTE-Advanced. International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas (WSA), pp. 177-184.
18. Caire G and Shamai S 2003 On the achievable throughput of a multiantenna gaussian broadcast channel. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 49(7), 1691-1706.
19. Carneheim 1994 FH-GSM Frequency Hopping GSM Proceedings of the 44th IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference.
20. Choi W and Andrews J 2007 Downlink performance and capacity of distributed antenna systems in a multicell environment. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 6(1), 69-73.
21. Choi W and Andrews J 2008 The capacity gain from intercell scheduling in multi-antenna systems. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 7(2), 714-725.
22. Cover TM and Gamal AAE 1979 Capacity theorems for the relay channel. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 25(5), 572-584. Cover TM and Thomas JA 1991 Elements of Information Theory. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
23. Cover TM and Thomas JA 1991 Elements of Information Theory. John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York.
24. Dahlman E, Parkvall S, Sköld J and Beming P 2008 3G Evolution-HSPA and LTE for Mobile Broadband. Academic Press, Amsterdam.
25. Dahrouj H and Wei Y 2008 Coordinated beamforming for the multi-cell multi-antenna wireless system Information Sciences and Systems, 2008. CISS 2008. 42nd Annual Conference on, pp. 429-434.
26. Das S, Viswanathan H and Rittenhouse G 2003 Dynamic Load Balancing Through Coordinated Scheduling in Packet Data Systems IEEE Infocom, San Francisco.
27. Deutsche Telekom AG and Vodafone 2009 Coordinated link adaptation based on multi-cell channel estimation in the LTE-A uplink. Technical Report R1-095067, 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project, Working Group RAN1, meeting 59, Jeju, South Korea.
28. Ericsson and ST-Ericsson 2010 Channel reciprocity in FDD systems including systems with large duplex distance. Technical Report R1-100853, 3GPP Third Generation Partnership Project, Working Group RAN1, meeting 60, San Francisco, USA.
29. Frank P,Müller A and Speidel J 2010 Inter-site joint detection with reduced backhaul capacity requirements for the 3GPP LTE uplink Proc. IEEE VTC-Fall 2010, pp. 1-5.
30. Gesbert D, Hanly S, Huang H, Shamai Shitz S, Simeone O and Yu W 2010 Multi-Cell MIMO Cooperative Networks: A New Look at Interference. IEEE J. Selected Areas in Commun. 28(9), 1380-1408.
31. Gesbert D and Kountouris M 2011 Rate Scaling Laws in Multicell Networks Under Distributed Power Control and User Scheduling. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theor. 57(1), 234-244.
32. Gupta P and Kumar PR 2000 The capacity of wireless networks. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 46(3), 388-404.
33. Holma H and Toskala A 2004 WCDMA for UMTS: Radio Access for Third Generation Mobile Communications 3rdf edn. John Wiley & Sons, Ltd, Chichester.
34. Hongyuan Z, Mehta NB, Molisch AF, Jin Z and Huaiyu D 2008 Asynchronous interference mitigation in cooperative base station systems. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 7(1), 155-165.
35. Hoymann C, Falconetti L and Gupta R 2009 Distributed uplink signal processing of cooperating base stations based on IQ sample exchange Proc. IEEE ICC 2009, pp. 1-5.
36. Jaeckel S, Jiang L, Jungnickel V, Thiele L, Jandura C, Sommerkorn G and Schneider C 2009 Correlation properties of large and small-scale parameters from multicell channel measurements European Conference on Antennas and Propagation (EuCAP 2009), Berlin, Germany.
37. Jafar SA and Goldsmith AJ 2002 Transmitter optimization for multiple antenna cellular systems Proc. IEEE ISIT 2002, vol. 1, p. 50, Lausanne, Switzerland.
38. Jafar SA, Foschini GJ and Goldsmith AJ 2004 PhantomNet: Exploring optimal multicellular multiple antenna systems. EURASIP J. Applied Signal Processing 5, 591-604.
39. Jungnickel V, Forck A, Jaeckel S, Bauermeister F, Schiffermller S, Schubert S, Wahls S, Thiele L, Haustein T, Kreher W, Müller J, Droste H and Kadel G 2010 Field trials using coordinated multi-point transmission in the downlink Proc. 3rd International Workshop on Wireless Distributed Networks (WDN), held in conjunction with IEEE PIMRC 2010, Istanbul, Turkey.
40. Jungnickel V, Jaeckel S, Thiele L, Jiang L, Krger U, Brylka A and Helmolt C 2009a Capacity measurements in a cooperative multicell mimo network. IEEE Trans. Veh. Technol. 58, 2392-2405.
41. Jungnickel V, Schellmann M, Thiele L, Wirth T, Haustein T, Koch O, Zirwas W and Schulz E 2009b Interference-aware scheduling in the multiuser MIMO-OFDM downlink. IEEE Communicaions Magazine 47(6), 56-66.
42. Jungnickel V, Thiele L, Wirth T, Haustein T, Schiffermüller S, Forck A, Wahls S, Jaeckel S, Schubert S, Juchems C, Luhn F, Zavrtak R, Droste H, Kadel G, Kreher W, Mueller J, Stoermer W and Wannemacher G 2009c Coordinated multipoint trials in the downlink Proc. 5th IEEE Broadband Wireless Access Workshop (BWAWS), Co-located with IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, Honolulu, Hawai.
43. Jungnickel V, Wirth T, Schellmann M, Haustein T and Zirwas W 2008 Synchronization of cooperative base stations. IEEE International Symposium on Wireless Communication Systems 2008 (ISWCS2008).
44. Karakayali M, Foschini G and Valenzuela R 2006a Network coordination for spectrally efficient communications in cellular systems. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 13(4), 56-61.
45. Karakayali MK, Foschini GJ and Valenzuela RA 2006b Network coordination for spectrally efficient communications in cellular systems. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. Mag. 3(14), 56-61.
46. Karakayali M, Foschini GJ, Valenzuela RA and Yates RD 2006c On the maximum common rate achievable in a coordinated network Proc. IEEE ICC 2006, vol. 9, pp. 4333-4338, Istanbul, Turkey.
47. Khattak S, Rave W and Fettweis G 2008 Distributed iterative multiuser detection through base station cooperation. EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking. Article ID 390489.
48. Kramer G, Gastpar Mand Gupta P 2005 Cooperative strategies and capacity theorems for relay networks. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 51(9), 3037-3063.
49. Laneman JN, Tse DNC and Wornell GW 2004 Cooperative diversity in wireless networks: Efficient protocols and outage behavior. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 50(12), 3062-3080.
50. Laneman JN and Wornell GW 2003 Distributed space-time-coded protocols for exploiting cooperative diversity in wireless networks. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 49(10), 2415-2425.
51. Liang Y, Yoo T and Goldsmith A 2006 Coverage spectral efficiency of cellular systems with cooperative base stations Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2006, pp. 1-5, San Francisco, CA, USA.
52. Marsch P and Fettweis G 2007 A framework for optimizing the downlink performance of distributed antenna systems under a constrained backhaul 13th European Wireless Conference.
53. Noda M, Muraguchi M, Khanh TG, Sakaguchi K and Araki K 2007 Eigenmode tomlinson-harashima precoding for multi-antenna multi-user MIMO broadcast channel Information, Communications Signal Processing, 2007 6th International Conference on, pp. 1-5.
54. Papadogiannis A, Bang HJ, Gesbert D and Hardouin E 2008a Downlink overhead reduction for multi-cell cooperative processing enabled wireless networks Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications, 2008. PIMRC 2008. IEEE 19th International Symposium on, pp. 1-5.
55. Papadogiannis A, Gesbert D and Hardouin E 2008b A dynamic clustering approach in wireless networks with multi-cell cooperative processing Proc. IEEE ICC 2008, pp. 4033-4037.
56. Papadogiannis A, Gesbert D and Hardouin E 2008c A dynamic clustering approach in wireless networks with multi-cell cooperative processing. IEEE International Conference on Communications.
57. Papadogiannis A, Hardouin E and Gesbert D 2009 Decentralising multi-cell cooperative processing on the downlink: a novel robust framework. EURASIP J. Wireless Commun. Networking, Special issue on broadband wireless access.
58. Papadopoulos H and Sundberg CEW 2008 Space-time codes for mimo systems with non-collocated transmit antennas. IEEE J. Selected Areas in Commun. 26(6), 927-937.
59. Rashid-Farrokhi F, Tassiulas L and Liu K 1998 Joint optimal power control and beamforming in wireless networks using antenna arrays. IEEE Trans. Commun. 46(10), 1313-1324.
60. Sendonaris A, Erkip E and Aazhang B 2003a User cooperation diversity-part I: System description. IEEE Trans. Commun. 51(11), 1927-1938.
61. Sendonaris A, Erkip E and Aazhang B 2003b User cooperation diversity-part II: Implementation aspects and performance analysis. IEEE Trans. Commun. 51(11), 1939-1948.
62. Shamai S and Zaidel B 2001 Enhancing the cellular downlink capacity via co-processing at the transmitting end Proc. IEEE VTC Spring 2001, pp. 1745-1749, Rhodes, Greece.
63. Skjevling H, Gesbert D and Hjørungnes A 2008 Low-complexity distributed multibase transmission and scheduling. EURASIP Journal on Advances in Signal Processing.
64. Somekh O, Simeone O, Bar-Ness Y and Haimovich M 2006 Distributed multi-cell zero-forcing beamforming in cellular downlink channels Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2006, pp. 1-5, San Francisco, CA, USA.
65. Somekh O, Simeone O, Bar-Ness Y, Haimovich A, Spagnolini U and Shamai S 2007 An Information Theoretic View of Distributed Antenna Processing in Cellular Systems, in Distributed Antenna Systems: Open Architecture for FutureWireless Communications first edn. Auerbach Publications, CRC Press.
66. Song Y, Cai L,Wu K and Yang H 2007 Collaborative mimo based on multiple base station coordination. Contribution to IEEE 802.16m.
67. Thiele L, Boccardi F, Botella C, Svensson T and Boldi M 2010a Scheduling-Assisted Joint Processing for CoMP in the Framework of the WINNER+ Project Proc. Future Network & Mobile Summit 2010, Florence, Italy.
68. Thiele L, Jungnickel V and Haustein T 2010b Interference management for future cellular OFDMA systems using Coordinated Multi-Point transmission. IEICE Transactions on Wireless Distributed Networks.
69. Thiele L, Wirth T, Haustein T, Jungnickel V, Schulz E and Zirwas W 2009 A unified feedback scheme for distributed interference management in cellular systems: Benefits and challenges for real-time implementation. 17th Euopean Signal Processing Conference (EUSIPCO2009).
70. Tölli A, Codreanu M and Juntti M 2008 Cooperative MIMO-OFDM cellular system with soft handover between distributed base station antennas. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 7(4), 1428-1440.
71. Tölli A, Pennanen H and Komulainen P 2009 Distributed coordinated multi-cell transmission based on dual decomposition Proc. IEEE GLOBECOM 2009, pp. 1-6, Honolulu, Hawai'i, USA.
72. Tölli A, Pennananen H and Komulainen P 2011 Decentralized minimum power multi-cell beamforming with limited backhaul signaling. IEEE Trans. Wireless Commun. 10(2), 570-580.
73. van der Meulen EC 1977 A survey of multiway channels in information theory: 1961-1976. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 23(1), 1-37.
74. Venkatesan S 2007 Coordinating base stations for greater uplink spectral efficiency in a cellular network. IEEE International Symposium on Personal, Indoor and Mobile Radio Communications.
75. Wei Y and Lan T 2007 Transmitter optimization for the multi-antenna downlink with per-antenna power constraints. IEEE Trans. Signal Processing 55(6), 2646-2660.
76. Weingarten H, Steinberg Y and Shamai S 2006 The capacity region of the Gaussian multiple-input multiple-output broadcast channel. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 52(9), 3936-3964.
77. WINNER+ 2009a Celtic Project CP5-026 Initial Report on Advanced Multiple Antenna Systems (ed. Komulainen P. and Boldi M.). Public Deliverable D1.4,Wireless World Initiative New Radio -WINNER+, January 2009, http://projects.celticinitiative. org/winner+/index.html (accessed June 2011).
78. WINNER+ 2009b Celtic Project CP5-026 Intermediate Report on CoMP (Coordinated Multi-Point) and Relaying in the Framework of CoMP (ed. Mayrargue S.). Public Deliverable D1.8, Wireless World Initiative New Radio-WINNER+, November 2009, http://projects.celtic-initiative.org/winner+/index.html (accessed June 2011).
79. WINNER+ 2009c Celtic Project CP5-026 Preliminary WINNER+ System Concept (ed. Osseiran A. and Gouraud A.). Public Deliverable D2.1, Wireless World Initiative New Radio-WINNER+, May 2009, http://projects.celticinitiative. org/winner+/index.html (accessed June 2011).
80. WINNER-II 2007a IST-4-027756 Interference averaging concepts (ed. Bublin M.). Public Deliverable D4.7.1, Wireless World Initiative New Radio-WINNER, 2007, http://projects.celtic-initiative.org/winner+/index.html (accessed June 2011).
81. WINNER-II 2007b IST-4-027756 Interference avoidance concepts (ed. Mange G.). Public Deliverable D4.7.2, Wireless
82. World Initiative New Radio-WINNER, 2007, http://projects.celtic-initiative.org/winner+/index.html (accessed June 2011).
83. Wyner AD 1994 Shannon-theoretic approach to a Gaussian cellular multiple-access channel. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 40(6), 1713-1727.
84. Xiao S, Zhang Z and Shi Z 2010 Clustered multi-point coordinating transmission systems with the reduced overhead. IEEE Trans. Commun. 5(6), 493-500.
85. Yifan L and Goldsmith A 2006 Symmetric rate capacity of cellular systems with cooperative base stations Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE, pp. 1-5.
86. Yifan L, Taesang Y and Goldsmith A 2006 Coverage spectral efficiency of cellular systems with cooperative base stations Global Telecommunications Conference, 2006. GLOBECOM '06. IEEE, pp. 1-5.
87. Yu W 2006 Uplink-downlink duality via minimax duality. IEEE Trans. Inform. Theory 52(2), 361-374.
88. Yu W and Lan T 2007 Transmitter optimization for the multi-antenna downlink with per-antenna power constraints. IEEE Trans. Signal Processing 55(6, part 1), 2646-2660.
89. Zarikoff B and Cavers J 2008 Multiple frequency offset estimation for the downlink of coordinated mimo systems. Selected Areas in Communications, IEEE Journal on 26(6), 901-912.
90. Zhang H and Dai H 2004a Cochannel interference mitigation and cooperative processing in downlink multicell multiuser MIMO networks. EURASIP J. Wireless Comm. and Netw. 2004(2), 222-235.
91. Zhang H and Dai H 2004b Cochannel interference mitigation and cooperative processing in downlink multicell multiuser MIMO networks. EURASIP J. Wireless Comm. and Netw. 2004(2), 222-235.
92. Zhang H, Mehta NB, Molisch AF, Zhang J and Dai H 2007 On the fundamentally asynchronous nature of interference in cooperative base station systems Proc. IEEE ICC 2007, vol. 4, pp. 6073-6078, Glasgow, Scotland, UK.
93. Zhang P, Tao X, Zhang J, Wang Y, Li L and Wang Y 2005 A vision from the future: beyond 3G TDD. IEEE Commun. Mag. 43(1), 38-44.