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On the Benefits of Bandwidth Limiting in Decentralized Vector Multiple Access Channels
We study the network spectral efficiency of decentralized vector multiple
access channels (MACs) when the number of accessible dimensions per transmitter
is strategically limited. Considering each dimension as a frequency band, we
call this limiting process bandwidth limiting (BL). Assuming that each
transmitter maximizes its own data rate by water-filling over the available
frequency bands, we consider two scenarios. In the first scenario, transmitters
use non-intersecting sets of bands (spectral resource partition), and in the
second one, they freely exploit all the available frequency bands (spectral
resource sharing). In the latter case, successive interference cancelation
(SIC) is used. We show the existence of an optimal number of dimensions that a
transmitter must use in order to maximize the network performance measured in
terms of spectral efficiency. We provide a closed form expression for the
optimal number of accessible bands in the first scenario. Such an optimum
point, depends on the number of active transmitters, the number of available
frequency bands and the different signal-to-noise ratios. In the second
scenario, we show that BL does not bring a significant improvement on the
network spectral efficiency, when all transmitters use the same BL policy. For
both scenarios, we provide simulation results to validate our conclusions
On the Fictitious Play and Channel Selection Games
Considering the interaction through mutual interference of the different
radio devices, the channel selection (CS) problem in decentralized parallel
multiple access channels can be modeled by strategic-form games. Here, we show
that the CS problem is a potential game (PG) and thus the fictitious play (FP)
converges to a Nash equilibrium (NE) either in pure or mixed strategies. Using
a 2-player 2-channel game, it is shown that convergence in mixed strategies
might lead to cycles of action profiles which lead to individual spectral
efficiencies (SE) which are worse than the SE at the worst NE in mixed and pure
strategies. Finally, exploiting the fact that the CS problem is a PG and an
aggregation game, we present a method to implement FP with local information
and minimum feedback.Comment: In proc. of the IEEE Latin-American Conference on Communications
(LATINCOM), Bogota, Colombia, September, 201
On the Nash Equilibria in Decentralized Parallel Interference Channels
In this paper, the 2-dimensional decentralized parallel interference channel
(IC) with 2 transmitter-receiver pairs is modelled as a non-cooperative static
game. Each transmitter is assumed to be a fully rational entity with complete
information on the game, aiming to maximize its own individual spectral
efficiency by tuning its own power allocation (PA) vector. Two scenarios are
analysed. First, we consider that transmitters can split their transmit power
between both dimensions (PA game). Second, we consider that each transmitter is
limited to use only one dimension (channel selection CS game). In the first
scenario, the game might have either one or three NE in pure strategies (PS).
However, two or infinitely many NE in PS might also be observed with zero
probability. In the second scenario, there always exists either one or two NE
in PS. We show that in both games there always exists a non-zero probability of
observing more than one NE. More interestingly, using Monte-Carlo simulations,
we show that the highest and lowest network spectral efficiency at any of the
NE in the CS game are always higher than the ones in the PA.Comment: 6 pages, 4 figures, presented in ICCC Kyoto 201
Efficient DSP and Circuit Architectures for Massive MIMO: State-of-the-Art and Future Directions
Massive MIMO is a compelling wireless access concept that relies on the use
of an excess number of base-station antennas, relative to the number of active
terminals. This technology is a main component of 5G New Radio (NR) and
addresses all important requirements of future wireless standards: a great
capacity increase, the support of many simultaneous users, and improvement in
energy efficiency. Massive MIMO requires the simultaneous processing of signals
from many antenna chains, and computational operations on large matrices. The
complexity of the digital processing has been viewed as a fundamental obstacle
to the feasibility of Massive MIMO in the past. Recent advances on
system-algorithm-hardware co-design have led to extremely energy-efficient
implementations. These exploit opportunities in deeply-scaled silicon
technologies and perform partly distributed processing to cope with the
bottlenecks encountered in the interconnection of many signals. For example,
prototype ASIC implementations have demonstrated zero-forcing precoding in real
time at a 55 mW power consumption (20 MHz bandwidth, 128 antennas, multiplexing
of 8 terminals). Coarse and even error-prone digital processing in the antenna
paths permits a reduction of consumption with a factor of 2 to 5. This article
summarizes the fundamental technical contributions to efficient digital signal
processing for Massive MIMO. The opportunities and constraints on operating on
low-complexity RF and analog hardware chains are clarified. It illustrates how
terminals can benefit from improved energy efficiency. The status of technology
and real-life prototypes discussed. Open challenges and directions for future
research are suggested.Comment: submitted to IEEE transactions on signal processin
Equilibria of Channel Selection Games in Parallel Multiple Access Channels
International audienceIn this paper, the parallel multiple access channel (MAC) is studied under the assumption that transmitters maximize their individual spectral efficiency by selfishly tuning their power allocation policy. Two particular scenarios are studied: (a) transmitters are allowed to use all the available channels; and (b) transmitters are constrained to use a single channel. Both scenarios are modeled by one-shot games and the corresponding sets of Nash equilibria (NE) are fully characterized under the assumption that the receiver treads the multiple access interference as noise. In both cases, the set of NE is non-empty. In the case in which transmitters use a single channel, an upper bound of the cardinality of the NE set is provided in terms of the number of transmitters and number of channels. In particular, it is shown that in fully loaded networks, the sum spectral efficiency at the NE in scenario (a) is at most equal to the sum spectral efficiency at the NE in scenario (b). A formal proof of this observation, known in general as a Braess Paradox, is provided in the case of 2 transmitters and 2 channels. In general scenarios, we conjecture that the same effect holds as long as the network is kept fully loaded, as shown by numerical examples. Moreover, the price of anarchy and the price of stability in both games is also studied. Interestingly, under certain conditions on the channel gains, Pareto optimality can be achieved at some NE if and only if the number of channels equals or exceeds the number of transmitters. Finally, simulations are presented to verify the theoretical results
Bayesian Design of Tandem Networks for Distributed Detection With Multi-bit Sensor Decisions
We consider the problem of decentralized hypothesis testing under
communication constraints in a topology where several peripheral nodes are
arranged in tandem. Each node receives an observation and transmits a message
to its successor, and the last node then decides which hypothesis is true. We
assume that the observations at different nodes are, conditioned on the true
hypothesis, independent and the channel between any two successive nodes is
considered error-free but rate-constrained. We propose a cyclic numerical
design algorithm for the design of nodes using a person-by-person methodology
with the minimum expected error probability as a design criterion, where the
number of communicated messages is not necessarily equal to the number of
hypotheses. The number of peripheral nodes in the proposed method is in
principle arbitrary and the information rate constraints are satisfied by
quantizing the input of each node. The performance of the proposed method for
different information rate constraints, in a binary hypothesis test, is
compared to the optimum rate-one solution due to Swaszek and a method proposed
by Cover, and it is shown numerically that increasing the channel rate can
significantly enhance the performance of the tandem network. Simulation results
for -ary hypothesis tests also show that by increasing the channel rates the
performance of the tandem network significantly improves
Massive MIMO for Internet of Things (IoT) Connectivity
Massive MIMO is considered to be one of the key technologies in the emerging
5G systems, but also a concept applicable to other wireless systems. Exploiting
the large number of degrees of freedom (DoFs) of massive MIMO essential for
achieving high spectral efficiency, high data rates and extreme spatial
multiplexing of densely distributed users. On the one hand, the benefits of
applying massive MIMO for broadband communication are well known and there has
been a large body of research on designing communication schemes to support
high rates. On the other hand, using massive MIMO for Internet-of-Things (IoT)
is still a developing topic, as IoT connectivity has requirements and
constraints that are significantly different from the broadband connections. In
this paper we investigate the applicability of massive MIMO to IoT
connectivity. Specifically, we treat the two generic types of IoT connections
envisioned in 5G: massive machine-type communication (mMTC) and ultra-reliable
low-latency communication (URLLC). This paper fills this important gap by
identifying the opportunities and challenges in exploiting massive MIMO for IoT
connectivity. We provide insights into the trade-offs that emerge when massive
MIMO is applied to mMTC or URLLC and present a number of suitable communication
schemes. The discussion continues to the questions of network slicing of the
wireless resources and the use of massive MIMO to simultaneously support IoT
connections with very heterogeneous requirements. The main conclusion is that
massive MIMO can bring benefits to the scenarios with IoT connectivity, but it
requires tight integration of the physical-layer techniques with the protocol
design.Comment: Submitted for publicatio
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