Part 3: Cell-Free and Distributed MIMO
Chapter 11: From Cellular to Cell-Free
Advanced~210 min
Learning Objectives
- Identify and quantify the cell-edge problem in conventional cellular networks
- Explain why CoMP partially addresses cell-edge degradation and where it falls short
- Define the cell-free massive MIMO architecture and its key operational principles
- Derive achievable rate expressions for cell-free massive MIMO under conjugate beamforming
- Compare cellular, CoMP, and cell-free architectures in terms of coverage, fairness, and spectral efficiency
- Analyze the role of AP density and power control in cell-free massive MIMO performance
Sections
Prerequisites
Massive MIMO fundamentals: channel hardening, favorable propagation (MIMO Ch. 1–4)Linear precoding and detection: MRT, ZF, MMSE (MIMO Ch. 6, 9)Multi-user MIMO capacity: MAC and BC (ITA Ch. 13–16)Channel estimation and pilot contamination (MIMO Ch. 3)Power control and achievable rate analysis (MIMO Ch. 4–5)CoMP basics and multi-cell cooperation (Telecom Ch. 24.6)
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