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Maximum-rate Transmission with Improved Diversity Gain for Interference Networks
Interference alignment (IA) was shown effective for interference management
to improve transmission rate in terms of the degree of freedom (DoF) gain. On
the other hand, orthogonal space-time block codes (STBCs) were widely used in
point-to-point multi-antenna channels to enhance transmission reliability in
terms of the diversity gain. In this paper, we connect these two ideas, i.e.,
IA and space-time block coding, to improve the designs of alignment precoders
for multi-user networks. Specifically, we consider the use of Alamouti codes
for IA because of its rate-one transmission and achievability of full diversity
in point-to-point systems. The Alamouti codes protect the desired link by
introducing orthogonality between the two symbols in one Alamouti codeword, and
create alignment at the interfering receiver. We show that the proposed
alignment methods can maintain the maximum DoF gain and improve the ergodic
mutual information in the long-term regime, while increasing the diversity gain
to 2 in the short-term regime. The presented examples of interference networks
have two antennas at each node and include the two-user X channel, the
interferring multi-access channel (IMAC), and the interferring broadcast
channel (IBC).Comment: submitted to IEEE Transactions on Information Theor
Elements of Cellular Blind Interference Alignment --- Aligned Frequency Reuse, Wireless Index Coding and Interference Diversity
We explore degrees of freedom (DoF) characterizations of partially connected
wireless networks, especially cellular networks, with no channel state
information at the transmitters. Specifically, we introduce three fundamental
elements --- aligned frequency reuse, wireless index coding and interference
diversity --- through a series of examples, focusing first on infinite regular
arrays, then on finite clusters with arbitrary connectivity and message sets,
and finally on heterogeneous settings with asymmetric multiple antenna
configurations. Aligned frequency reuse refers to the optimality of orthogonal
resource allocations in many cases, but according to unconventional reuse
patterns that are guided by interference alignment principles. Wireless index
coding highlights both the intimate connection between the index coding problem
and cellular blind interference alignment, as well as the added complexity
inherent to wireless settings. Interference diversity refers to the observation
that in a wireless network each receiver experiences a different set of
interferers, and depending on the actions of its own set of interferers, the
interference-free signal space at each receiver fluctuates differently from
other receivers, creating opportunities for robust applications of blind
interference alignment principles
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