A Survey of the Challenges, Opportunities and Use of Multiple Antennas in Current and Future 5G Small Cell Base Stations

Small cell base stations (SBSs) and multiple antennas are seen as fundamental technologies in the emergence of the next generation [i.e., 5th generation (5G)] of cellular wireless technology. This paper provides a comprehensive survey of literature relating to the applications and challenges associa...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: David Muirhead, Muhammad Ali Imran, Kamran Arshad
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: IEEE 2016-01-01
Series:IEEE Access
Subjects:
5G
Online Access:https://ieeexplore.ieee.org/document/7470585/