Future Cooperative Wireless Networks
The density of nodes in mobile communication networks as well as the requirement for data throughput has increased steadily in the last decades. Since the available frequency spectrum is limited and bandwidth is a scarce resource, future communication systems are expected to utilize it as efficient as possible. In future systems, increased spectral efficiency (more bits per second per Hertz of bandwidth) as well as improved link reliability become even more important. In order to meet the continuously growing demands, extensive efforts are made to develop new standards for the evolution of existing third generation (3G) technologies. The next steps in the development of future cellular networks are the implementation of 3GPP long term evolution (LTE) technology and its upcoming fourth generation (4G) successor LTE-Advanced. The aim of next generation technologies is to provide mobile users with high data rates that meet the requirements for future cellular networks. LTE-Advanced of...