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Receive Spatial Modulation for Massive MIMO Systems
In this paper, we consider the downlink of a massive
multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) single user transmission system operating
in the millimeter wave outdoor narrowband channel environment. We propose a
novel receive spatial modulation architecture aimed to reduce the power
consumption at the user terminal, while attaining a significant throughput. The
energy consumption reduction is obtained through the use of analog devices
(amplitude detector), which reduces the number of radio frequency chains and
analog-to-digital-converters (ADCs). The base station transmits spatial and
modulation symbols per channel use. We show that the optimal spatial symbol
detector is a threshold detector that can be implemented by using one bit ADC.
We derive closed form expressions for the detection threshold at different
signal-to-noise-ratio (SNR) regions showing that a simple threshold can be
obtained at high SNR and its performance approaches the exact threshold. We
derive expressions for the average bit error probability in the presence and
absence of the threshold estimation error showing that a small number of pilot
symbols is needed. A performance comparison is done between the proposed system
and fully digital MIMO showing that a suitable constellation selection can
reduce the performance gap
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
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