Coordinated multipoint multiuser-MIMO transmissions over backhaul-constrained mobile access networks

We investigate coordinated multipoint (CoMP) multiuser multiple-input-and-multiple-output (multiuser-MIMO) downlink transmissions over mobile access networks yielding different backhaul constraints. The larger number of base stations (BSs) participating in CoMP, the higher user throughput can be expected if there is no constraint in mobile backhaul networks. Limited capacity and latency in mobile backhaul networks impose constraints on the number of BSs that can actually participate in CoMP. We propose a CoMP system architecture with multiple clustering steps that that takes into account these backhaul constraints and enables to avoid selecting BSs which do not have enough backhaul network capability. The system-level simulation shows how much performance gain user can expect by improving backhaul network capability.

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