Design and measurement-based evaluations of coherent JT CoMP: a study of precoding, user grouping and resource allocation using predicted CSI

Eurasip Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking

Volumn 2014, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-20

  Apelfröjd, Rikke ^a   Sternad, Mikael ^a  

^a UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Channel predictions; Coordinated multipoint; Resource allocation; Robust precoding; User grouping

Indexed keywords

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY); RESOURCE ALLOCATION;

CHANNEL ESTIMATION ERRORS; CHANNEL PREDICTION; COORDINATED MULTI POINT (COMP); COORDINATED MULTI POINTS; INTERFERENCE-LIMITED SCENARIOS; PRECODING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION SCHEMES; USER GROUPINGS;

CHANNEL STATE INFORMATION;

EID: 84957570047     PISSN: 16871472     EISSN: 16871499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1687-1499-2014-100     Document Type: Article

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