22 research outputs found
Joint Power-control and Antenna Selection in User-Centric Cell-Free Systems with Mixed Resolution ADC
In this paper, we propose a scheme for the joint optimization of the user transmit power and the antenna selection at the access points (AP)s of a user-centric cell-free massive multiple-input-multiple-output (UC CF-mMIMO) system. We derive an approximate expression for the achievable uplink rate of the users in a UC CF-mMIMO system in the presence of a mixed analog-to-digital converter (ADC) resolution profile at the APs. Using the derived approximation, we propose to maximize the uplink sum-rate of UC CF-mMIMO systems subject to energy constraints at the APs. An alternating-optimization solution is proposed using binary particle swarm optimization (BPSO) and successive convex approximation (SCA). We also propose a complete meta-heuristic-based solution that can be used as an alternative solution for applications where latency is the critical metric. Along with this, we used a genetic algorithm (GA)-based approach to compare the performance of the proposed algorithm. We study the impact of various system parameters on the performance of the system
Millimeter Wave Systems for Wireless Cellular Communications
This thesis considers channel estimation and multiuser (MU) data transmission
for massive MIMO systems with fully digital/hybrid structures in mmWave
channels. It contains three main contributions. In this thesis, we first
propose a tone-based linear search algorithm to facilitate the estimation of
angle-of-arrivals of the strongest components as well as scattering components
of the users at the base station (BS) with fully digital structure. Our results
show that the proposed maximum-ratio transmission (MRT) based on the strongest
components can achieve a higher data rate than that of the conventional MRT,
under the same mean squared errors (MSE). Second, we develop a low-complexity
channel estimation and beamformer/precoder design scheme for hybrid mmWave
systems. In addition, the proposed scheme applies to both non-sparse and sparse
mmWave channel environments. We then leverage the proposed scheme to
investigate the downlink achievable rate performance. The results show that the
proposed scheme obtains a considerable achievable rate of fully digital
systems. Taking into account the effect of various types of errors, we
investigate the achievable rate performance degradation of the considered
scheme. Third, we extend our proposed scheme to a multi-cell MU mmWave MIMO
network. We derive the closed-form approximation of the normalized MSE of
channel estimation under pilot contamination over Rician fading channels.
Furthermore, we derive a tight closed-form approximation and the scaling law of
the average achievable rate. Our results unveil that channel estimation errors,
the intra-cell interference, and the inter-cell interference caused by pilot
contamination over Rician fading channels can be efficiently mitigated by
simply increasing the number of antennas equipped at the desired BS.Comment: Thesi
DOA Estimation for Hybrid Massive MIMO Systems using Mixed-ADCs: Performance Loss and Energy Efficiency
Due to the power consumption and high circuit cost in antenna arrays, the
practical application of massive multipleinput multiple-output (MIMO) in the
sixth generation (6G) and future wireless networks is still challenging.
Employing lowresolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and hybrid analog
and digital (HAD) structure is two low-cost choice with acceptable performance
loss. In this paper, the combination of the mixedADC architecture and HAD
structure employed at receiver is proposed for direction of arrival (DOA)
estimation, which will be applied to the beamforming tracking and alignment in
6G. By adopting the additive quantization noise model, the exact closedform
expression of the Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) for the HAD architecture with
mixed-ADCs is derived. Moreover, the closed-form expression of the performance
loss factor is derived as a benchmark. In addition, to take power consumption
into account, energy efficiency is also investigated in our paper. The
numerical results reveal that the HAD structure with mixedADCs can
significantly reduce the power consumption and hardware cost. Furthermore, that
architecture is able to achieve a better trade-off between the performance loss
and the power consumption. Finally, adopting 2-4 bits of resolution may be a
good choice in practical massive MIMO systems.Comment: 11 pages, 7 figure
Channel hardening in cell-free and user-centric massive MIMO networks with spatially correlated ricean fading
The irruption of the cell-free (CF) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) network topology has meant taking one step further the concept of massive MIMO as a means to provide uniform service in large coverage areas. A key property of massive MIMO networks is channel hardening, by which the channel becomes deterministic when the number of antennas grows large enough relative to the number of serviced users, easing the signal processing and boosting the performance of simple precoders. However, in CF massive MIMO, the fulfillment of this condition depends on several aspects that are not considered in classical massive MIMO systems. In this work, we address the presence of channel hardening in both CF massive MIMO and the recently appeared user-centric (UC) approach, under a spatially correlated Ricean fading channel using distributed and cooperative precoding and combining schemes and different power control strategies for both the downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) segments. We show that the line-of-sight (LOS) component, spatially correlated antennas and UC schemes have an impact on how the channel hardens. In addition, we examine the existent gap between the estimated achievable rate and the true network performance when channel hardening is compromised. Exact closed-form expressions for both the hardening metric and achievable DL/UL rates are given as well.This work was supported in part by the Agencia Estatal de InvestigaciĂłn and Fondo Europeo de Desarrollo Regional (AEI/FEDER, UE),
Ministerio de EconomĂa y Competitividad (MINECO), Spain, through the project TERESA under Grant TEC2017-90093-C3-2-R and
Grant TEC2017-90093-C3-3-R, and in part by the Spanish CDTI PID through the project OPALL5G: Optimization of Small Cells
Performance in 5G NR
Spectral and Energy Efficiency of Uplink D2D Underlaid Massive MIMO Cellular Networks
CCBY One of key 5G scenarios is that device-to-device (D2D) and massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) will be co-existed. However, interference in the uplink D2D underlaid massive MIMO cellular networks needs to be coordinated, due to the vast cellular and D2D transmissions. To this end, this paper introduces a spatially dynamic power control solution for mitigating the cellular-to-D2D and D2D-to-cellular interference. In particular, the proposed D2D power control policy is rather flexible including the special cases of no D2D links or using maximum transmit power. Under the considered power control, an analytical approach is developed to evaluate the spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) in such networks. Thus, the exact expressions of SE for a cellular user or D2D transmitter are derived, which quantify the impacts of key system parameters such as massive MIMO antennas and D2D density. Moreover, the D2D scale properties are obtained, which provide the sufficient conditions for achieving the anticipated SE. Numerical results corroborate our analysis and show that the proposed power control solution can efficiently mitigate interference between the cellular and D2D tier. The results demonstrate that there exists the optimal D2D density for maximizing the area SE of D2D tier. In addition, the achievable EE of a cellular user can be comparable to that of a D2D user
Full-duplex MU-MIMO systems under the effects of non-ideal transceivers: performance analysis and power allocation optimization
Modern Technologies, particularly connectivity, increasingly support many facets of everyday life. The next generation of wireless communication systems aims to provide new
advanced services and support new demands. These services are required to serve a massive number of devices and achieve higher spectral and energy efficiency, ultra-low latency,
and reliable communication. The research community around the globe is still working on
finding novel technologies to meet these requirements. Full duplex (FD) communications
have been recognized as one of the promising wireless transmission candidates and gamechangers for the future of wireless communication and networking technologies, thanks to
their ability to greatly improve spectral efficiency (SE) and dramatically enhance energy
efficiency (EE). In this thesis, first, the influence of hardware impairment (HWI) on singleinput single-output (SISO) FD access point (AP) is studied. More precisely, the SE and
EE when the systemâs terminals have impaired transceivers are analyzed. Optimization
problem for EE maximization is formulated to fulfill quality of service (QoS) and power
budget constraints. An algorithm to solve the optimization problem by using the fractional
programming theory and KarushâKuhnâTucker (KKT) conditions technique is proposed. [...
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Efficient beamforming techniques for millimeter wave MIMO systems
Due to the continued evolution of 5G standards, the need for higher rates of data, lower latency network access, and implementations that are more energy efficient have become clear. To enable wireless communications at rates over tens of Gbps, the wide bandwidth of mmWave spectrum can be exploited. Beamforming (or precoding) is used to compensate for the high path loss in the mmWave frequencies. Although the small wavelength of mmWave signals tolerates a large number of antennas being crowded into a small area, the high-power consumption and cost of mixed signal components make it difficult to earmark a separate radio frequency (RF) chain for each antenna. The addition of analog processing to the digital precoding, known as hybrid beamforming (HB), is an efficient solution for massive MIMO systems, which results in a number of active RF chains lower than antennas.
Extensive work has determined that HB can approach the performance of the optimal precoder, assuming optimal antennas implementation, ideal environment, and full rank effective channel. However, depending on the implementation techniques adopted for the RF precoder and other system parameters, such as the number of active RF chains, the limited distance between antennas, and the geometric placement of both ends of wireless systems, the effective channel matrix could be rank deficient, which degrades the performance of the system. The first part of this dissertation provides a new set of solutions for HB that approaches the performance of a fully digital beamformer in terms of MIMO multiplexing gains, by taking careful consideration of the matrix of the effective channel, appropriately selecting independent columns of the analog precoder, calculating the least squares solution for the digital precoder, and selecting its digital gain based on the selected columns of the RF precoder and the effective channel. Multiple hybrid precoding schemes are developed and proposed, taking careful consideration of the complexity and power consumption of the system, appropriately reducing them while keeping the same level of quality of service.
The second part considers a hybrid precoding scheme with low-resolution phase shifters (PSs) in a mmWave MIMO system. Finite resolution PSs are a good alternative because they need simpler hardware implementation than those with infinite resolution. The proposed system considers separating the antennas from each other by sufficient distance to ensure a less correlated channel, and thus, a minimal loss in the capacity, which is our objective. The capacity gap between the optimal precoder and our proposed hybrid precoding with low-resolution PSs can be reduced without increasing the number of RF chains. In particular, we focus on properly selecting the weights of the RF beamformer, which create independent beams that send data streams to the receiver. As a result, the structure of the multipath propagation channel will be exploited by the transmitted beams, which maximizes the system capacity.
Finally, this dissertation investigates technologies and methods that can be adopted to lower the cost and power of HB and are able to maintain more users while keeping higher data rates. The idea of connecting the RF chains to a subset of the antennas and spacing those sub-arrays to provide additional diversity gains is a promising approach. However, this spacing technique cannot be implemented at the receiver side due to its limited size. To reduce power at the receiver, low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) can be implemented. This idea is powerful because with a simple circuit and digital combining based on coarse quantization, it allows a gain of performance, maintaining a low hardware complexity, and saving energy at the same time. It will be of great interest to implement and develop techniques that can merge the idea of distanced sub-arrays for the uplink between base stations with the low-resolution ADCs on the downlink