Millimeter wave cellular networks: A MAC layer perspective

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 63, Issue 10, 2015, Pages 3437-3458

  Shokri Ghadikolaei, Hossein ^a   Fischione, Carlo ^a   Fodor, Gábor ^a,b   Popovski, Petar ^c   Zorzi, Michele ^d  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b ERICSSON RESEARCH   (Sweden)

^c AALBORG UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

^d UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

Author keywords

5G; Control channel; MAC layer design; Millimeter wave communication; Random access; Resource allocation; Synchronization

Indexed keywords

ACCESS CONTROL; DEGREES OF FREEDOM (MECHANICS); FREQUENCY BANDS; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SCHEDULING; SYNCHRONIZATION; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CONTROL CHANNELS; DIRECTIONAL COMMUNICATIONS; FUTURE CELLULAR NETWORKS; MAC LAYER; MEDIUM ACCESS CONTROL LAYER; MILLIMETER WAVES (MMWAVE); MILLIMETER-WAVE COMMUNICATION; RANDOM ACCESS;

MILLIMETER WAVES;

EID: 84957968474     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2015.2456093     Document Type: Review

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