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colocated at the data centers, where the RRH would be distributed geographically over a cover-
age footprint, with variable sizes to manage and balance the demand for coverage and capacity.
e wireless technologies within the LTE EPS continue to evolve through the standards process
in these directions, with capabilities such as MIMO, with cooperation among multiple base sta-
tions, realized through coordinated multipoint (CoMP) transmission and reception. ese trends
in LTE advanced and beyond are aligned with a cloud model and oer signicant enhancements
in capacity and resource utilization. e cloud model paves a path toward virtualization over the
various segments of mobile communications that span connec ...