Cloud-RAN architecture for indoor das

IEEE Access

Volumn 2, Issue , 2014, Pages 1205-1212

  Beyene, Yihenew Dagne ^a   Jantti, Riku ^a   Ruttik, Kalle ^a  

^a AALTO UNIVERSITY   (Finland)

Author keywords

cloud RAN; distributed antenna systems; software defined radio

Indexed keywords

ANALOG CIRCUITS; ANTENNAS; HETEROGENEOUS NETWORKS; NETWORK ARCHITECTURE; RADIO; RADIO ACCESS NETWORKS; RADIO RECEIVERS; SOFTWARE RADIO;

CELLULAR TECHNOLOGIES; CENTRALIZED PROCESSING; DISTRIBUTED ANTENNA SYSTEM; EFFICIENT IMPLEMENTATION; GENERAL-PURPOSE COMPUTING; OPEN LOOP TRANSMIT DIVERSITY; SOFTWARE-DEFINED RADIOS; TRANSMIT ANTENNA SELECTION;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84923318410     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21693536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/ACCESS.2014.2361259     Document Type: Article

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