Toward green and soft: a 5G perspective

作者：I Chih‐Lin, Corbett Rowell, Shuangfeng Han, Zhikun Xu, Gang Li, Zhengang Pan · 发表于：IEEE Communications Magazine · 年份：2014 · 被引用次数：760 · 研究领域：Advanced MIMO Systems Optimization、Full-Duplex Wireless Communications、Energy Harvesting in Wireless Networks

As the deployment and commercial operation of 4G systems are speeding up, technologists worldwide have begun searching for next generation wireless solutions to meet the anticipated demands in the 2020 era given the explosive growth of mobile Internet. This article presents our perspective of the 5G technologies with two major themes: green and soft. By rethinking the Shannon theorem and traditional cell-centric design, network capacity can be significantly increased while network power consumption is decreased. The feasibility of the combination of green and soft is investigated through five interconnected areas of research: energy efficiency and spectral efficiency co-design, no more cells, rethinking signaling/control, invisible base stations, and full duplex radio.