To meet the future demand for huge traffic volume of wireless data service, the research on the fifth generation
(5G) mobile communication systems has been undertaken in recent years. It is expected that the spectral and energy
efficiencies in 5G mobile communication systems should be ten-fold higher than the ones in the fourth generation
(4G) mobile communication systems. Therefore, it is important to further exploit the potential of spatial multiplexing
of multiple antennas. In the last twenty years, multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna techniques have been
considered as the key techniques to increase the capacity of wireless communication systems. When a large-scale
antenna array (which is also called massive MIMO) is equipped in a base-station, or a large number of distributed
antennas (which is also called large-scale distributed MIMO) are deployed, the spectral and energy efficiencies can
be further improved by using spatial domain multiple access. This paper provides an overview of massive MIMO
and large-scale distributed MIMO systems, including spectral efficiency analysis, channel state information (CSI)
acquisition, wireless transmission technology, and resource allocation.
Today, our everyday life is almost impossible to detach
from the influence of wireless mobile communication
technologies. This global trend is growing exponentially, and
the mobile-only data traffic is expected to exceed stationary
data traffic. However, for further development of mobile
communication, there is a major obstacle to overcome, which
is the resource-paucity of portable devices relative to
stationary hardware.
Mobile radio networks have risen in prominence over the last few years, primarily by the rise
in popularity of cellular phones. It is important to recognise however that mobile radio
technology fulfils a far wider range of applications that meet the demands of the modern
world. These include the networks that allow police and emergency services to serve the
public, military networks for operations and humanitarian support, and the mobile technol-
ogies that are vital to the safety of aircraft.
This book is about multipoint cooperative communication, a key technology to
overcome the long-standing problem of limited transmission rate caused by inter-
point interference. However, the multipoint cooperative communication is not an
isolated technology. Instead, it covers a vast range of research areas such as the
multiple-input multiple-outputsystem, the relay network, channel state information
issues, inter-point radio resource management operations, coordinated or joint
transmissions, etc. We suppose that any attempt trying to thoroughly analyze the
multipoint cooperative communication technology might end up working on a
cyclopedia for modern communication systems and easily get lost in discussing all
kinds of cooperative communication schemes as well as the associated models and
their variations.
European Research Framework programs are public policy instruments designed
to strengthen European competitiveness through cooperation. Although they have
a fixed time frame, determined research themes, and a specific expected impact,
the achievements in research and development (R&D) made by these funded proj-
ects pave the way for a research continuum.
European Research Framework Programs are a public policy instrument to
strengthen European competitiveness through cooperation. Although they have a
fixed timeframe, determined research themes, and specific expected impact, the
achievements in research and development (R&D) made by the funded projects
pave the way for a research continuum.
In a cellular communication system, a service area or a geographical
region is divided into a number of cells, and each cell is served by an
infrastructure element called the base station through a radio interface.
Management of radio interface related resources is a critical design
component in cellular communications.
We are currently witnessing an increase in telecommunications norms and
standards given the recent advances in this domain. The increasing number of
normalized standards paves the way for an increase in the range of offers and
services available for each consumer. Moreover, the majority of available radio
frequencies have already been allocated.
Wireless communications and networking technology are advancing at a very rapid
pace. Newer technologies and standards are evolving to serve the ever-increasing num-
ber of users demanding different types of mobile applications and services. Research
and development activities on wireless technology constitute one of the most impor-
tant segments of research and development in the telecommunications area today.
It is more than a decade since GSM was first commercially available. After some unexpected delay, it
seems that finally UMTS is here to stay as a 3G system standardised by 3GPP, at least for another ten
years. UMTS will enable multi-service, multi-rate and flexible IP native-based mobile technologies to be
used in wide area scenarios and also pave the way for a smooth transition from circuit switched voice
networks to mobile packet services.
