Spectral-Efficiency Analysis of Massive MIMO Systems in Centralized and Distributed Schemes.

This paper analyzes the spectral efficiency of massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems in both centralized and distributed configurations, referred to as C-MIMO and D-MIMO, respectively. By accounting for real environmental parameters and antenna characteristics, namely, path loss, shadowing effect, multipath fading, and antenna correlation, a novel comprehensive channel model is fir...