Wireless backhauling of 5G small cells: Challenges and solution approaches

IEEE Wireless Communications

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 22-31

  Siddique, Uzma ^a   Tabassum, Hina ^a   Hossain, Ekram ^a   Kim, Dong In ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANITOBA   (Canada)

^b Sungkyunkwan University   (South Korea)

Author keywords

5G mobile communication; Antennas; Attenuation; Delays; Interference; Satellites; Wireless communication

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; COMMUNICATION SATELLITES; CYTOLOGY; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; SATELLITES; WAVE INTERFERENCE; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ATTENUATION; DELAYS; DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONS; ENABLING TECHNIQUES; MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS; SOLUTION TECHNIQUES; WIRELESS BACKHAULING; WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS;

CELLS;

EID: 84946563475     PISSN: 15361284     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/MWC.2015.7306534     Document Type: Article

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