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Constructive Multiuser Interference in Symbol Level Precoding for the MISO Downlink Channel
This paper investigates the problem of interference among the simultaneous
multiuser transmissions in the downlink of multiple antennas systems. Using
symbol level precoding, a new approach towards the multiuser interference is
discussed along this paper. The concept of exploiting the interference between
the spatial multiuser transmissions by jointly utilizing the data information
(DI) and channel state information (CSI), in order to design symbol-level
precoders, is proposed. In this direction, the interference among the data
streams is transformed under certain conditions to useful signal that can
improve the signal to interference noise ratio (SINR) of the downlink
transmissions. We propose a maximum ratio transmission (MRT) based algorithm
that jointly exploits DI and CSI to glean the benefits from constructive
multiuser interference. Subsequently, a relation between the constructive
interference downlink transmission and physical layer multicasting is
established. In this context, novel constructive interference precoding
techniques that tackle the transmit power minimization (min power) with
individual SINR constraints at each user's receivers is proposed. Furthermore,
fairness through maximizing the weighted minimum SINR (max min SINR) of the
users is addressed by finding the link between the min power and max min SINR
problems. Moreover, heuristic precoding techniques are proposed to tackle the
weighted sum rate problem. Finally, extensive numerical results show that the
proposed schemes outperform other state of the art techniques.Comment: Submitted to IEEE Transactions on Signal Processin
Sum Rates, Rate Allocation, and User Scheduling for Multi-User MIMO Vector Perturbation Precoding
This paper considers the multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)
broadcast channel. We consider the case where the multiple transmit antennas
are used to deliver independent data streams to multiple users via vector
perturbation. We derive expressions for the sum rate in terms of the average
energy of the precoded vector, and use this to derive a high signal-to-noise
ratio (SNR) closed-form upper bound, which we show to be tight via simulation.
We also propose a modification to vector perturbation where different rates can
be allocated to different users. We conclude that for vector perturbation
precoding most of the sum rate gains can be achieved by reducing the rate
allocation problem to the user selection problem. We then propose a
low-complexity user selection algorithm that attempts to maximize the high-SNR
sum rate upper bound. Simulations show that the algorithm outperforms other
user selection algorithms of similar complexity.Comment: 27 pages with 6 figures and 2 tables. Accepted for publication in
IEEE Trans. Wireless Comm
On the Interference Alignment Designs for Secure Multiuser MIMO Systems
In this paper, we propose two secure multiuser multiple-input multiple-output
transmission approaches based on interference alignment (IA) in the presence of
an eavesdropper. To deal with the information leakage to the eavesdropper as
well as the interference signals from undesired transmitters (Txs) at desired
receivers (Rxs), our approaches aim to design the transmit precoding and
receive subspace matrices to minimize both the total inter-main-link
interference and the wiretapped signals (WSs). The first proposed IA scheme
focuses on aligning the WSs into proper subspaces while the second one imposes
a new structure on the precoding matrices to force the WSs to zero. When the
channel state information is perfectly known at all Txs, in each proposed IA
scheme, the precoding matrices at Txs and the receive subspaces at Rxs or the
eavesdropper are alternatively selected to minimize the cost function of an
convex optimization problem for every iteration. We provide the feasible
conditions and the proofs of convergence for both IA approaches. The simulation
results indicate that our two IA approaches outperform the conventional IA
algorithm in terms of average secrecy sum rate.Comment: Updated version, updated author list, accepted to be appear in IEICE
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Multicast Multigroup Precoding and User Scheduling for Frame-Based Satellite Communications
The present work focuses on the forward link of a broadband multibeam
satellite system that aggressively reuses the user link frequency resources.
Two fundamental practical challenges, namely the need to frame multiple users
per transmission and the per-antenna transmit power limitations, are addressed.
To this end, the so-called frame-based precoding problem is optimally solved
using the principles of physical layer multicasting to multiple co-channel
groups under per-antenna constraints. In this context, a novel optimization
problem that aims at maximizing the system sum rate under individual power
constraints is proposed. Added to that, the formulation is further extended to
include availability constraints. As a result, the high gains of the sum rate
optimal design are traded off to satisfy the stringent availability
requirements of satellite systems. Moreover, the throughput maximization with a
granular spectral efficiency versus SINR function, is formulated and solved.
Finally, a multicast-aware user scheduling policy, based on the channel state
information, is developed. Thus, substantial multiuser diversity gains are
gleaned. Numerical results over a realistic simulation environment exhibit as
much as 30% gains over conventional systems, even for 7 users per frame,
without modifying the framing structure of legacy communication standards.Comment: Accepted for publication to the IEEE Transactions on Wireless
Communications, 201
Codebook Based Hybrid Precoding for Millimeter Wave Multiuser Systems
In millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, antenna architecture limitations make it
difficult to apply conventional fully digital precoding techniques but call for
low cost analog radio-frequency (RF) and digital baseband hybrid precoding
methods. This paper investigates joint RF-baseband hybrid precoding for the
downlink of multiuser multi-antenna mmWave systems with a limited number of RF
chains. Two performance measures, maximizing the spectral efficiency and the
energy efficiency of the system, are considered. We propose a codebook based RF
precoding design and obtain the channel state information via a beam sweep
procedure. Via the codebook based design, the original system is transformed
into a virtual multiuser downlink system with the RF chain constraint.
Consequently, we are able to simplify the complicated hybrid precoding
optimization problems to joint codeword selection and precoder design (JWSPD)
problems. Then, we propose efficient methods to address the JWSPD problems and
jointly optimize the RF and baseband precoders under the two performance
measures. Finally, extensive numerical results are provided to validate the
effectiveness of the proposed hybrid precoders.Comment: 35 pages, 9 figures, to appear in Trans. on Signal Process, 201
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