Uplink scheduling in LTE and LTE-advanced: Tutorial, survey and evaluation framework

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 16, Issue 3, 2014, Pages 1239-1265

  Abu Ali, Najah ^a   Taha, Abd Elhamid M ^b   Salah, Mohamed ^c   Hassanein, Hossam ^d  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

^b ALFAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

^c NOKIA RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^d NONE

Author keywords

3GPP; carrier aggregation; coordinated multi point transmission reception; LTE; LTE Advanced; machine type communication; non contiguous SC FDMA; SC FDMA; scheduling

Indexed keywords

4G MOBILE COMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; COMPLEX NETWORKS; FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; ORTHOGONAL FREQUENCY DIVISION MULTIPLEXING; SURVEYS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

3GPP; CARRIER AGGREGATIONS; COORDINATED MULTI-POINT TRANSMISSIONS; LTE; LTE-ADVANCED; MACHINE TYPE COMMUNICATIONS; SC-FDMA;

SCHEDULING;

EID: 84906787715     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/SURV.2013.1127.00161     Document Type: Article

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