On the Evolution of Multi-Cell Scheduling in 3GPP LTE / LTE-A

Author

Pateromichelakis, Emmanouil ; Shariat, Mehrdad ; ul Quddus, Atta ; Tafazolli, Rahim

Author_Institution

Dept. of Electron. Eng., Univ. of Surrey, Guildford, UK

Volume

15

Issue

2

fYear

2013

fDate

Second Quarter 2013

Firstpage

701

Lastpage

717

Abstract

This paper provides a holistic overview of multi-cell scheduling strategies in emerging wireless systems. Towards this objective, the evolution of interference management techniques is thoroughly investigated from simple inter-cell interference coordination (ICIC) techniques towards more advanced coordinated multipoint transmissions (CoMP), while comparing and contrasting their common features and differences. Finally CoMP is explored in detail as an advanced and challenging mechanism to fully cooperate between adjacent cells in order to have an efficient resource allocation and inter-cell interference mitigation in multi-cell environments.

Keywords

3G mobile communication; Long Term Evolution; interference suppression; mobility management (mobile radio); resource allocation; 3GPP LTE; CoMP; ICIC techniques; LTE-A; coordinated multipoint transmissions; intercell interference mitigation; interference coordination techniques; interference management techniques; multicell environments; multicell scheduling strategies; resource allocation; wireless systems; Downlink; Interference; OFDM; Proposals; Resource management; Scheduling; Wireless communication; CoMP; ICIC; LTE; LTE-Advanced;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Surveys & Tutorials, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1553-877X

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/SURV.2012.071812.00127

Filename

6248650