Massive MIMO Meets Small Cell Backhaul and Cooperation /

• Main Authors: Yang, Howard H. (Author), Quek, Tony Q.S (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2017.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Electrical and Computer Engineering,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Computer communication systems.; Computers.; Electrical engineering.; Communications Engineering, Networks.; Computer Communication Networks.; Information Systems and Communication Service.

This brief explores the utilization of large antenna arrays in massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) for both interference suppression, where it can improve cell-edge user rates, and for wireless backhaul in small cell networks, where macro base stations can forward data to small access poin...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Massive MIMO for Interference Suppression: Cell-Edge Aware Zero Forcing
• Massive MIMO in Small Cell Networks: Wireless Backhaul
• Conclusions.