Multivariate Fronthaul Quantization for Downlink C-RAN

IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing

Volumn 64, Issue 19, 2016, Pages 5025-5037

  Lee, Wonju ^a   Simeone, Osvaldo ^b   Kang, Joonhyuk ^a   Shamai, Shlomo ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b NEW JERSEY INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^c TECHNION ISRAEL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Israel)

Author keywords

C RAN; downlink; fronthaul; Lloyd max; multivariate quantization; precoding

Indexed keywords

COMPLEX NETWORKS; DIGITAL RADIO; INFORMATION THEORY; OPTIMIZATION; RADIO LINKS;

DOWNLINK; FRONTHAUL; LLOYD-MAX; MULTIVARIATE QUANTIZATION; PRECODING;

QUANTIZATION (SIGNAL);

EID: 84984877013     PISSN: 1053587X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2016.2593682     Document Type: Article

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