... and Nr= 2.Therefore, in PFS, choosing the users without consider-ing the problem of the mode selection (dominant-mode transmission) seems to be the relevant strategy, at least in the chosen ... Weconsider the downlink transmission. The following are the keyassumptionsmadeinthispaper.Assumption 1. All the B cooperating BSs are interconnectedvia a central unit with the use of backhaul links ... of L,andk= 1,2.Thedashedlinesindicatetherateobtainedfromthelower bound approximation, that is,Rk(k, L), while the solid linesrepresent the rate obtained from the simulation, that...