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Linear MIMO Precoding in Jointly-Correlated Fading Multiple Access Channels with Finite Alphabet Signaling
In this paper, we investigate the design of linear precoders for
multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) multiple access channels (MAC). We assume
that statistical channel state information (CSI) is available at the
transmitters and consider the problem under the practical finite alphabet input
assumption. First, we derive an asymptotic (in the large-system limit) weighted
sum rate (WSR) expression for the MIMO MAC with finite alphabet inputs and
general jointly-correlated fading. Subsequently, we obtain necessary conditions
for linear precoders maximizing the asymptotic WSR and propose an iterative
algorithm for determining the precoders of all users. In the proposed
algorithm, the search space of each user for designing the precoding matrices
is its own modulation set. This significantly reduces the dimension of the
search space for finding the precoding matrices of all users compared to the
conventional precoding design for the MIMO MAC with finite alphabet inputs,
where the search space is the combination of the modulation sets of all users.
As a result, the proposed algorithm decreases the computational complexity for
MIMO MAC precoding design with finite alphabet inputs by several orders of
magnitude. Simulation results for finite alphabet signalling indicate that the
proposed iterative algorithm achieves significant performance gains over
existing precoder designs, including the precoder design based on the Gaussian
input assumption, in terms of both the sum rate and the coded bit error rate.Comment: 7 pages, 2 figures, accepted for ICC1
A Generalized Framework on Beamformer Design and CSI Acquisition for Single-Carrier Massive MIMO Systems in Millimeter Wave Channels
In this paper, we establish a general framework on the reduced dimensional
channel state information (CSI) estimation and pre-beamformer design for
frequency-selective massive multiple-input multiple-output MIMO systems
employing single-carrier (SC) modulation in time division duplex (TDD) mode by
exploiting the joint angle-delay domain channel sparsity in millimeter (mm)
wave frequencies. First, based on a generic subspace projection taking the
joint angle-delay power profile and user-grouping into account, the reduced
rank minimum mean square error (RR-MMSE) instantaneous CSI estimator is derived
for spatially correlated wideband MIMO channels. Second, the statistical
pre-beamformer design is considered for frequency-selective SC massive MIMO
channels. We examine the dimension reduction problem and subspace (beamspace)
construction on which the RR-MMSE estimation can be realized as accurately as
possible. Finally, a spatio-temporal domain correlator type reduced rank
channel estimator, as an approximation of the RR-MMSE estimate, is obtained by
carrying out least square (LS) estimation in a proper reduced dimensional
beamspace. It is observed that the proposed techniques show remarkable
robustness to the pilot interference (or contamination) with a significant
reduction in pilot overhead
Sum Rate and Fairness Analysis for the MU-MIMO Downlink under PSK Signalling: Interference Suppression vs Exploitation
In this paper, we analyze the sum rate performance of multi-user
multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems, with a finite constellation
phase-shift keying (PSK) input alphabet. We analytically calculate and compare
the achievable sum rate in three downlink transmission scenarios: 1) without
precoding, 2) with zero forcing (ZF) precoding 3) with closed form constructive
interference (CI) precoding technique. In light of this, new analytical
expressions for the average sum rate are derived in the three cases, and Monte
Carlo simulations are provided throughout to validate the analysis.
Furthermore, based on the derived expressions, a power allocation scheme that
can ensure fairness among the users is also proposed. The results in this work
demonstrate that, the CI strictly outperforms the other two schemes, and the
performance gap between the considered schemes increases with increase in the
MIMO size. In addition, the CI provides higher fairness and the power
allocation algorithm proposed in this paper can achieve maximum fairness index
Linear Precoding with Low-Resolution DACs for Massive MU-MIMO-OFDM Downlink
We consider the downlink of a massive multiuser (MU) multiple-input
multiple-output (MIMO) system in which the base station (BS) is equipped with
low-resolution digital-to-analog converters (DACs). In contrast to most
existing results, we assume that the system operates over a frequency-selective
wideband channel and uses orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) to
simplify equalization at the user equipments (UEs). Furthermore, we consider
the practically relevant case of oversampling DACs. We theoretically analyze
the uncoded bit error rate (BER) performance with linear precoders (e.g., zero
forcing) and quadrature phase-shift keying using Bussgang's theorem. We also
develop a lower bound on the information-theoretic sum-rate throughput
achievable with Gaussian inputs, which can be evaluated in closed form for the
case of 1-bit DACs. For the case of multi-bit DACs, we derive approximate, yet
accurate, expressions for the distortion caused by low-precision DACs, which
can be used to establish lower bounds on the corresponding sum-rate throughput.
Our results demonstrate that, for a massive MU-MIMO-OFDM system with a
128-antenna BS serving 16 UEs, only 3--4 DAC bits are required to achieve an
uncoded BER of 10^-4 with a negligible performance loss compared to the
infinite-resolution case at the cost of additional out-of-band emissions.
Furthermore, our results highlight the importance of taking into account the
inherent spatial and temporal correlations caused by low-precision DACs
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