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Low-Complexity Precoding Design for Massive Multiuser MIMO Systems Using Approximate Message Passing
A practical challenge in the precoding design of massive multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems is to facilitate hardware-friendly implementation. To achieve this, we propose a low peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) precoding based on an approximate message passing (AMP) algorithm to minimize multiuser interference (MUI) in massive multiuser MIMO systems. The proposed approach exhibits fast convergence and low complexity characteristics. Compared with a conventional constant-envelope precoding and an annulus-constrained precoding, simulation results demonstrate that the proposed AMP precoding is superior both in terms of computational complexity and average running time. In addition, the proposed AMP precoding exhibits a much desirable tradeoff between MUI suppression and PAPR reduction. These findings indicate that the proposed AMP precoding is a suitable candidate for hardware implementation, which is very appealing for massive MIMO systems
Waveforms for the Massive MIMO Downlink: Amplifier Efficiency, Distortion and Performance
In massive MIMO, most precoders result in downlink signals that suffer from
high PAR, independently of modulation order and whether single-carrier or OFDM
transmission is used. The high PAR lowers the power efficiency of the base
station amplifiers. To increase power efficiency, low-PAR precoders have been
proposed. In this article, we compare different transmission schemes for
massive MIMO in terms of the power consumed by the amplifiers. It is found that
(i) OFDM and single-carrier transmission have the same performance over a
hardened massive MIMO channel and (ii) when the higher amplifier power
efficiency of low-PAR precoding is taken into account, conventional and low-PAR
precoders lead to approximately the same power consumption. Since downlink
signals with low PAR allow for simpler and cheaper hardware, than signals with
high PAR, therefore, the results suggest that low-PAR precoding with either
single-carrier or OFDM transmission should be used in a massive MIMO base
station
PAR-Aware Large-Scale Multi-User MIMO-OFDM Downlink
We investigate an orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM)-based
downlink transmission scheme for large-scale multi-user (MU) multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems. The use of OFDM causes a high
peak-to-average (power) ratio (PAR), which necessitates expensive and
power-inefficient radio-frequency (RF) components at the base station. In this
paper, we present a novel downlink transmission scheme, which exploits the
massive degrees-of-freedom available in large-scale MU-MIMO-OFDM systems to
achieve low PAR. Specifically, we propose to jointly perform MU precoding, OFDM
modulation, and PAR reduction by solving a convex optimization problem. We
develop a corresponding fast iterative truncation algorithm (FITRA) and show
numerical results to demonstrate tremendous PAR-reduction capabilities. The
significantly reduced linearity requirements eventually enable the use of
low-cost RF components for the large-scale MU-MIMO-OFDM downlink.Comment: To appear in IEEE Journal on Selected Areas in Communication
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