Chapter 1 Introduction 1.1 A Brief History of the International Mobile Telecommunication Systems 1.2 The Future of Wireless Communication: The Enhanced 4G Network 1.2.1 Challenges in the Next Decade 1.2.2 Development Requirements 1.2.3 Key Technologies 1.3 Background of Multipoint Cooperative Communication 1.4 Scope of This Book 1.5 Book Outline 1.6 Conclusion References Chapter 2 Related Work 2.1 Fundamentals of Wireless Digital Communication 2.1.1 What Form of Communication 2.1.2 How to Communicate 2.1.3 When/Where to Communicate 2.2 OFDM Technology 2.3 MIMO Technology 2.3.1 Capacity of a MIMO System 2.3.2 Space-Time Block Codes 2.3.3 Antenna Array Gain 2.3.4 MIMO-OFDM Technology 2.4 Relay Technology 2.4.1 Relaying Protocols 2.4.2 One-Way MIMO Relay Technology 2.4.3 Two-Way MIMO Relay Technology 2.5 MultiuserMIMO Technology 2.5.1 System Model 2.5.2 MUMAC Model 2.5.3 MU BC Model 2.5.4 Duality of the MAC and BC Capacity Regions 2.5.5 MU MIMO Schemes in Practical Systems 2.6 CSI Feedback Technology 2.7 Survey of Multipoint Cooperative Communication Technologies 2.7.1 The First Category of Multipoint Cooperative Communication 2.7.2 The Second Category of Multipoint Cooperative Communication 2.7.3 The Third Category of Multipoint Cooperative Commumcation 2.7.4 The Fourth Category of Multipoint Cooperative Communication 2.7.5 The Fifth Category of Multipoint Cooperative Communication 2.7.6 The Sixth Category of Multipoint Cooperative Communication 2.7.7 The Seventh Category of Multipoint Cooperative Commumcation 2.7.8 The Eighth Category of Multipoint Cooperative Commumcation 2.8 Conclusion References Chapter 3 The Sixth Category: Antenna Selection Technologies 3.1 Introduction 3.2 System Model and Existing Technologies 3.2.1 System Model 3.2.2 Existing Technologies 3.3 Greedy Antenna Selection Algorithms 3.3.1 Capacity Maximization for the System with Double ZF Processing 3.3.2 Capacity Maximization for System with General Processing 3.3.3 MSE Minimization for the System with General Processing 3.4 Simulation and Analysis 3.4.1 The Proposed DZF-GCM Algorithm 3.4.2 The Proposed GCM Algorithm 3.4.3 The Proposed GMM Algorithm 3.5 Conclusion References Chapter 4 The Seventh Category: Advanced Interference Coordination 4.1 Introduction 4.2 System Model and Existing Technologies 4.2.1 System Model 4.2.2 Existing Technologies 4.3 Advanced Interference Coordination Scheme 4.3.1 Overall Description of the Proposed Scheme 4.3.2 Implementation Details of the Proposed Scheme 4.4 Simulation and Analysis 4.4.1 Methodology of the System-Level Simulation 4.4.2 Simulation Parameters 4.4.3 Implementation Details in the Simulation 4.4.4 Numerical Results and Discussions 4.5 Conclusion References Chapter 5 The Eighth Category: Joint Precoding with Ideal Backhaul 5.1 Introduction 5.2 System Model and Existing Technologies 5.2.1 System Model 5.2.2 Existing Technologies 5.3 Enhanced Single-Frequency Network Precoding Scheme 5.3.1 The Proposed AS-SFNP Scheme 5.3.2 Analytical Results for the Sing!e-Antenna UE 5.4 Simulation and Analysis 5.5 Conclusion References Chapter 6 The Eighth Category: Sequential and Incremental Precoding with Nonideal Backhaul 6.1 Introduction 6.2 System Model and Existing Technologies 6.2.1 System Model 6.2.2 Existing Technologies 6.3 Sequential and Incremental Precoding Scheme 6.3.1 Precoder Design for the Two-BS JT Network 6.3.2 Extension to the Multi-BS Scenario 6.3.3 The SIP Scheme with Codebook-based Feedback 6.3.4 Extension to the Multi-UE Scenario 6.4 Simulation and Analysis 6.4.1 Convergence of the SIP Scheme 6.4.2 Performance of the Mean of the Maximum of Sub-stream MSE 6.4.3 Performance of Average BER 6.4.4 Performance of the Extended SIP Scheme 6.4.5 Performance with Codebook-basedFeedback 6.5 Conclusion References Chapter 7 Coordinated Multipoint System 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Standardization Progress 7.2.1 The Failed Campaign of CoMP in LTE Release 10 7.2.2 CSI Feedback for Single-Cell MIMO in LTE Release 8/9/10 7.2.3 The Renewed Campaign of CoMP in LTE Release 11 7.3 CoMP Schemes in LTE Release 11 7.3.1 Downlink CoMP Transmission Schemes 7.3.2 UplinkCoMP Reception Schemes 7.4 Specification Works 7.5 Simulation and Analysis 7.6 Conclusion References Chapter 8 Common Feedback Framework for Downlink CoMP 8.1 Introduction ~ 8.2 Candidates of Common Feedback Framework 8.2.1 CFF Option Matrix 8.2.2 Discussions on CFF Options 8.2.3 Co-phaseVersus AggregatedCQI 8.3 Performance Evaluation 8.3.1 Simulation Description 8.3.2 Performance Comparison 8.4 The Final Winner of CFF 8.5 Conclusion References Chapter 9 Conclusion 9.1 Key Points of This Book 9.2 Toward the Future 9.3 Conclusion References