Multi-Cell Multiuser Massive MIMO Networks: User Capacity Analysis and Pilot Design

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 64, Issue 12, 2016, Pages 5064-5077

  Akbar, Noman ^a   Yang, Nan ^a   Sadeghi, Parastoo ^a   Kennedy, Rodney A ^a  

^a AUSTRALIAN NATIONAL UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

generalized Welch bound equality; multi cell multiuser massive MIMO; Pilot contamination; user capacity

Indexed keywords

ANTENNAS; CODES (SYMBOLS); CYTOLOGY; MIMO SYSTEMS; SIGNAL INTERFERENCE; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO; SPURIOUS SIGNAL NOISE;

CLOSED-FORM EXPRESSION; DOWNLINK TRANSMISSIONS; MULTI-CELL NETWORKS; MULTI-USER; PILOT CONTAMINATIONS; SIGNAL TO INTERFERENCE PLUS NOISE RATIO; USER CAPACITY; WELCH BOUND EQUALITIES;

CELLS;

EID: 85010722400     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2016.2614674     Document Type: Conference Paper

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