Biermann, Thorsten: Dealing with backhaul network limitations in coordinated multi-point deployments. 2012
Content
Introduction
CoMP background, its requirements, and related work
Static clustering
Basic clustering and backhaul configuration
Clustering and backhaul configuration based on desired clusters
Summary
Dynamic clustering and its feasibility
Desired clusters from the wireless perspective
Feasible clusters from the backhaul perspective
Backhaul system model
Topology influence
Influence of IP processing delay
Influence of single-copy multicast capability
Considerations for cooperation in the uplink
Handling mismatch between desired and feasible clusters
Wireless long-term pre-clustering
Backhaul network pre-clustering
System architecture
Advantages
Interaction with hand-over process
Cluster prioritization
Summary
Improving CoMP cluster feasibility
Deploying CoMP on metro scale
Combining clustering and feasibility improvement techniques
Conclusions and future research
Passive Optical Networks
Bibliography