Five disruptive technology directions for 5G

Federico Boccardi, Robert W. Heath Jr., Angel Lozano, Thomas L. Marzetta, Petar Popovski

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Abstract

New research directions will lead to fundamental changes in the design of future fifth generation (5G) cellular networks. This article describes five technologies that could lead to both architectural and component disruptive design changes: device-centric architectures, millimeter wave, massive MIMO, smarter devices, and native support for machine-to-machine communications. The key ideas for each technology are described, along with their potential impact on 5G and the research challenges that remain.
Original languageEnglish
JournalI E E E Communications Magazine
Volume52
Issue number2
Pages (from-to)74 - 80
Number of pages7
ISSN0163-6804
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Feb 2014

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