Pushing the limits of LTE: A survey on research enhancing the standard

IEEE Access

Volumn 1, Issue , 2013, Pages 51-62

  Schwarz, Stefan ^a   Ikuno, Josep Colom ^a   Simko, Michal ^a   Taranetz, Martin ^a   Wang, Qi ^a   Rupp, Markus ^a  

^a VIENNA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Austria)

Author keywords

Distributed antenna systems; Frequency synchronization; Heterogeneous networks; LTE; MIMO; Multiuser gains; Pilot power allocation; Reproducible research

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; FADING CHANNELS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; MIMO SYSTEMS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SIGNAL PROCESSING; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM; FREQUENCY SYNCHRONIZATION; LTE; MULTIUSER GAINS; PILOT POWER ALLOCATION; REPRODUCIBLE RESEARCH;

RESEARCH;

EID: 84902139853     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2013.2260371     Document Type: Article

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