Next generation 5G wireless networks: A comprehensive survey

IEEE Communications Surveys and Tutorials

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2016, Pages 1617-1655

  Agiwal, Mamta ^a   Roy, Abhishek ^b   Saxena, Navrati ^a  

^a The Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering   (South Korea)

^b SAMSUNG Electronics   (South Korea)

Author keywords

5G; beamforming; C RAN; channel model; D2D; field trials; HetNets; IDMA; IoT; M2M; massive MIMO; mm wave; QoE; SDMA; SDN; SON; sustainability

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; BEAMFORMING; DIGITAL STORAGE; DIRECTIVE ANTENNAS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; MILLIMETER WAVES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; NETWORK LAYERS; NEXT GENERATION NETWORKS; QUALITY OF SERVICE; SURVEYS; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WIRELESS NETWORKS; WIRELESS TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

CHANNEL MODEL; FIELD TRIAL; HETNETS; IDMA; MM WAVES;

SPACE DIVISION MULTIPLE ACCESS;

EID: 84984848251     PISSN: None     EISSN: 1553877X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/COMST.2016.2532458     Document Type: Review

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