1. Distributed FD-MIMO: Cellular Evolution for 5G and Beyond
- Author
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Hu, Yeqing, Ng, Boon Loong, Nam, Young-Han, Yuan, Jin, Xu, Gary, Seol, Ji-Yun, Jianzhong, and Zhang
- Subjects
Computer Science - Information Theory - Abstract
This paper presents the next evolution of FD-MIMO technology for beyond 5G, where antennas of the FD-MIMO system are placed in a distributed manner throughout the cell in a multi-cell deployment scenario. This system, referred to as Distributed FD-MIMO (D-FD-MIMO) system, is capable of providing higher cell average throughput as well as more uniform user experience compared to the conventional FD-MIMO system. System level simulations are performed to evaluate performance. Our results show that the proposed D-FD-MIMO system achieves 1.4-2 times cell average throughput gain compared to the FD-MIMO system. The insights of performance gain are provided. Hardware implementation challenges and potential standards impact are also presented.
- Published
- 2017