Energy efficiency maximization for 5G multi-antenna receivers

• Published in: Transactions on emerging telecommunications technologies Vol. 26; no. 1; pp. 3 - 14
• Main Authors: Bai, Q., Nossek, J. A.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Blackwell Publishing Ltd 01.01.2015

In a digital communication system, the analog signal that the receiver receives with its radio frequency front end is converted into digital format by using the analog‐to‐digital converter (A/D converter, ADC). Quantisation takes place during the conversion from continuous amplitude signal to discre...