A Generalized Distributed Cellular Architecture: Group Cell
Xiaodong Xu · ZTE communications · 2006
In order to make full use of the advanced technologies for future mobile communications systems such as Space Time Code (STC), Joint Transmission (JT), Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) etc, to meet the requirements of high bit rate multimedia services, new network topologies should be studied. The generalized distributed multi-cell architecture can take full advantage of multi-antenna technologies and solve the problem of frequent handover caused by higher carrier frequency. And the handover policy base on this architecture--group handover, can eliminate cell edge effect. Furthermore, by applying the concept of group handover to 3G mobile communication systems, the Fast Cell Group Selection (FCGS) scheme can effectively improves the data rate for cell edge users.