42 research outputs found
Hybrid Transceiver Optimization for Multi-Hop Communications
Multi-hop communication with the aid of large-scale antenna arrays will play
a vital role in future emergence communication systems. In this paper, we
investigate amplify-and-forward based and multiple-input multiple-output
assisted multi-hop communication, in which all nodes employ hybrid
transceivers. Moreover, channel errors are taken into account in our hybrid
transceiver design. Based on the matrix-monotonic optimization framework, the
optimal structures of the robust hybrid transceivers are derived. By utilizing
these optimal structures, the optimizations of analog transceivers and digital
transceivers can be separated without loss of optimality. This fact greatly
simplifies the joint optimization of analog and digital transceivers. Since the
optimization of analog transceivers under unit-modulus constraints is
non-convex, a projection type algorithm is proposed for analog transceiver
optimization to overcome this difficulty. Based on the derived analog
transceivers, the optimal digital transceivers can then be derived using
matrix-monotonic optimization. Numeral results obtained demonstrate the
performance advantages of the proposed hybrid transceiver designs over other
existing solutions.Comment: 32 pages, 6 figures. This manuscript has been submitted to IEEE
Journal on Selected Areas in Communications (special issue on Multiple
Antenna Technologies for Beyond 5G
Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces for Wireless Communications: Principles, Challenges, and Opportunities
Recently there has been a flurry of research on the use of reconfigurable
intelligent surfaces (RIS) in wireless networks to create smart radio
environments. In a smart radio environment, surfaces are capable of
manipulating the propagation of incident electromagnetic waves in a
programmable manner to actively alter the channel realization, which turns the
wireless channel into a controllable system block that can be optimized to
improve overall system performance. In this article, we provide a tutorial
overview of reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) for wireless
communications. We describe the working principles of reconfigurable
intelligent surfaces (RIS) and elaborate on different candidate implementations
using metasurfaces and reflectarrays. We discuss the channel models suitable
for both implementations and examine the feasibility of obtaining accurate
channel estimates. Furthermore, we discuss the aspects that differentiate RIS
optimization from precoding for traditional MIMO arrays highlighting both the
arising challenges and the potential opportunities associated with this
emerging technology. Finally, we present numerical results to illustrate the
power of an RIS in shaping the key properties of a MIMO channel.Comment: to appear in the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive Communications and
Networking (TCCN
A Framework on Complex Matrix Derivatives with Special Structure Constraints for Wireless Systems
Matrix-variate optimization plays a central role in advanced wireless system
designs. In this paper, we aim to explore optimal solutions of matrix variables
under two special structure constraints using complex matrix derivatives,
including diagonal structure constraints and constant modulus constraints, both
of which are closely related to the state-of-the-art wireless applications.
Specifically, for diagonal structure constraints mostly considered in the
uplink multi-user single-input multiple-output (MU-SIMO) system and the
amplitude-adjustable intelligent reflecting surface (IRS)-aided multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) system, the capacity maximization problem, the
mean-squared error (MSE) minimization problem and their variants are rigorously
investigated. By leveraging complex matrix derivatives, the optimal solutions
of these problems are directly obtained in closed forms. Nevertheless, for
constant modulus constraints with the intrinsic nature of element-wise
decomposability, which are often seen in the hybrid analog-digital MIMO system
and the fully-passive IRS-aided MIMO system, we firstly explore inherent
structures of the element-wise phase derivatives associated with different
optimization problems. Then, we propose a novel alternating optimization (AO)
algorithm with the aid of several arbitrary feasible solutions, which avoids
the complicated matrix inversion and matrix factorization involved in
conventional element-wise iterative algorithms. Numerical simulations reveal
that the proposed algorithm can dramatically reduce the computational
complexity without loss of system performance
Analog-Domain Suppression of Strong Interference Using Hybrid Antenna Array.
The proliferation of wireless applications, the ever-increasing spectrum crowdedness, as well as cell densification makes the issue of interference increasingly severe in many emerging wireless applications. Most interference management/mitigation methods in the literature are problem-specific and require some cooperation/coordination between different radio frequency systems. Aiming to seek a more versatile solution to counteracting strong interference, we resort to the hybrid array of analog subarrays and suppress interference in the analog domain so as to greatly reduce the required quantization bits of the analog-to-digital converters and their power consumption. To this end, we design a real-time algorithm to steer nulls towards the interference directions and maintain flat in non-interference directions, solely using constant-modulus phase shifters. To ensure sufficient null depth for interference suppression, we also develop a two-stage method for accurately estimating interference directions. The proposed solution can be applicable to most (if not all) wireless systems as neither training/reference signal nor cooperation/coordination is required. Extensive simulations show that more than 65 dB of suppression can be achieved for 3 spatially resolvable interference signals yet with random directions
Double intelligent reflecting surface-assisted multi-user MIMO mmWave systems with hybrid precoding
This work investigates the effect of double intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) in improving the spectrum efficient of multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network operating in the millimeter wave (mmWave) band. Specifically, we aim to solve a weighted sum rate maximization problem by jointly optimizing the digital precoding at the transmitter and the analog phase shifters at the IRS, subject to the minimum achievable rate constraint. To facilitate the design of an efficient solution, we first reformulate the original problem into a tractable one by exploiting the majorization-minimization (MM) method. Then, a block coordinate descent (BCD) method is proposed to obtain a suboptimal solution, where the precoding matrices and the phase shifters are alternately optimized. Specifically, the digital precoding matrix design problem is solved by the quadratically constrained quadratic programming (QCQP), while the analog phase shift optimization is solved by the Riemannian manifold optimization (RMO). The convergence and computational complexity are analyzed. Finally, simulation results are provided to verify the performance of the proposed design, as well as the effectiveness of double-IRS in improving the spectral efficiency