MMSE precoding for receive spatial modulation in large MIMO systems

©2018 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Receive spatial modulation (RSM) schemes enable simple and energy efficient multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) transceivers and yet attain high spectral efficiency, which renders them promising schemes for millimeter wave (mmWave) communication in massive MIMO systems. When these schemes are designed to include zero forcing (ZF) precoders, performance can be impaired in the presence of highly spatially correlated channels. Extending these schemes for minimum mean square error (MMSE) precoding is not trivial due to the hardware constraints of the energy efficient user terminal architecture. In this paper, we adapt the MMSE precoder to the low complexity RSM architecture and develop detection methods for the spatial and modulation symbols. The proposed MMSE RSM scheme with total and per-antenna power constraints have been compared with ZF RSM in terms of average and outage mutual information by simulations showing superior gain for mmWave channels.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Receive antenna selection and hybrid precoding for receive spatial modulation in massive MIMO systems

©2018 IEEE. Personal use of this material is permitted. Permission from IEEE must be obtained for all other uses, in any current or future media, including reprinting/republishing this material for advertising or promotional purposes, creating new collective works, for resale or redistribution to servers or lists, or reuse of any copyrighted component of this work in other works.Recently, a receive spatial modulation (RSM) for massive multiple-input-multiple-output operating in millimeter wave (mmWave) was introduced with the purpose of simplifying user terminal circuit by employing only one radio-frequency chain and attaining high spectral efficiency by exploiting the receive spatial dimension. However, when RSM is applied in a mmWave channel, it demands a challenging receive antenna selection (RAS) procedure. On the other hand, the power consumption at the transmitter side is high when a full digital (FD) precoder is envisioned. We consider the joint problem of RAS and precoder designs based low complexity hybrid architecture. For the sake of simplicity, we divide this problem into two subproblems. First, we design the RAS assuming FD precoder, and then, we design the hybrid precoder. We propose two novel and efficient RAS methods. First, we formulate the RAS as non-convex optimization problem. Then, we convert it into a convex optimization problem by introducing novel lower bounds and relaxing non-convex constraints. Second, we provide sequential algorithms that approach the optimal selection where we (add/remove) one (good/poor) antenna per iteration. We propose novel zero forcing hybrid precoder based convex optimization that maximizes the received power. We prove that the proposed precoder is optimal when the channel is highly spatially sparse. The proposed designs have been compared with the best known methods in terms of average mutual information and energy efficiency showing significant improvements.Peer ReviewedPostprint (author's final draft

Transmit-Receive Generalized Spatial Modulation Based on Dual-layered MIMO Transmission

We propose a novel scheme for downlink multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, called dual-layered transmit-receive generalized spatial modulation (DL-TR-GSM). The proposed scheme is based on the concept of dual-layered transmission (DLT) which uses two receive antenna power levels instead of receive antenna activation/inactivation to transmit data in the receive spatial domain. Hence, in order to minimize the bit error rate (BER) for DL-TR-GSM, the optimal ratio between the two power levels is determined. To further characterize DL-TR-GSM, we fully derive the computational complexity and show a significant computational complexity reduction as well as a required hardware complexity reduction of DL-TR-GSM, compared to a state-of-the-art benchmark scheme. Simulation results confirm the performance advantages of DL-TR-GSM

A generalized space-frequency index modulation scheme for downlink MIMO transmissions with improved diversity

Multidimensional Index Modulations (IM) are a novel alternative to conventional modulations which can bring considerable benefits for future wireless networks. Within this scope, in this paper we present a new scheme, named as Precoding-aided Transmitter side Generalized Space-Frequency Index Modulation (PT-GSFIM), where part of the information bits select the active antennas and subcarriers which then carry amplitude and phase modulated symbols. The proposed scheme is designed for multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) scenarios and incorporates a precoder which removes multiuser interference (MUI) at the receivers. Furthermore, the proposed PT-GSFIM also integrates signal space diversity (SSD) techniques for tackling the typical poor performance of uncoded orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based schemes. By combining complex rotation matrices (CRM) and subcarrier-level interleaving, PT-GSFIM can exploit the inherent diversity in frequency selective channels and improve the performance without additional power or bandwidth. To support reliable detection of the multidimensional PT-GSFIM we also propose three different detection algorithms which can provide different tradeoffs between performance and complexity. Simulation results shows that proposed PT-GSFIM scheme, can provide significant gains over conventional MU-MIMO and GSM schemes.info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersio

Precoding-Aided Spatial Modulation for the Wiretap Channel with Relay Selection and Cooperative Jamming

We propose in this paper a physical-layer security (PLS) scheme for dual-hop cooperative networks in an effort to enhance the communications secrecy. The underlying model comprises a transmitting node (Alice), a legitimate node (Bob), and an eavesdropper (Eve). It is assumed that there is no direct link between Alice and Bob, and the communication between them is done through trusted relays over two phases. In the first phase, precoding-aided spatial modulation (PSM) is employed, owing to its low interception probability, while simultaneously transmitting a jamming signal from Bob. In the second phase, the selected relay detects and transmits the intended signal, whereas the remaining relays transmit the jamming signal received from Bob. We analyze the performance of the proposed scheme in terms of the ergodic secrecy capacity (ESC), the secrecy outage probability (SOP), and the bit error rate (BER) at Bob and Eve. We obtain closed-form expressions for the ESC and SOP and we derive very tight upper-bounds for the BER. We also optimize the performance with respect to the power allocation among the participating relays in the second phase. We provide examples with numerical and simulation results through which we demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed scheme

Desenho de pré-codificadores e combinadores para comunicações multiutilizador assistidas por modulações de índice em sistemas pós 5G

Considerando os avanços tecnológicos das últimas décadas, espera-se que a próxima geração de comunicações sem fios siga a tendência de um aumento significativo da robustez do sistema, da eficiência espectral (SE) e da eficiência energética (EE). Atualmente na era do pós-5G, os esquemas de "Multiple Input, Multiple Output" (MIMO) baseados em modulações espaciais generalizadas (GSM) bem como noutras modulações de índices (IM), têm sido amplamente considerados como potenciais técnicas candidatas para as redes sem fios. Esta dissertação tem como objetivo desenhar e estudar um sistema MIMO para comunicações multiutilizador integrando símbolos GSM e símbolos de modulação de índices generalizada no espaço-frequência (GSFIM). Numa primeira parte estuda-se um sistema MIMO multiutilizador, em que uma estação base (BS) transmite símbolos GSM pré-codificados para vários recetores. Na abordagem GSM adotada, múltiplas antenas transmitem simultaneamente diferentes símbolos M-QAM de alto nível, até M =1024. O pré-codificador é desenvolvido de modo a remover interferências entre utilizadores enquanto um algoritmo iterativo baseado no "alternating direction method of multipliers" (ADMM) é aplicado no recetor para realizar a deteção GSM de um único utilizador. Os resultados mostram que a abordagem GSM MU-MIMO apresentada é capaz de explorar eficazmente um grande número de antenas de transmissão implantadas no transmissor e também proporcionar ganhos de desempenho sobre esquemas convencionais MU-MIMO com eficiências espectrais idênticas. Numa segunda parte, introduz-se uma nova dimensão (para além do espaço), a frequência. Estuda-se assim o comportamento dos recetores MMSE e OB-MMSE, num sistema MIMO baseado em GSFIM. Os resultados mostram que o sistema GSFIM MUMIMO explora de forma competente as comunicações com grande número de antenas/sub-portadoras, apresentando melhores desempenhos quando usada com um recetor OB-MMSE.Considering the technological advances of the last decades, the next generation of wireless communications is expected to follow the trend of a significant increase in system robustness, spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE). Today in the post5G era, Multiple Input, Multiple Output (MIMO) schemes based on generalised spatial modulations (GSM) as well as other index modulations (IM) have been widely considered as potential candidate techniques for wireless networks. This dissertation aims to design and study a MIMO system for multi-user communications integrating GSM symbols and generalised space-frequency index modulation (GSFIM) symbols. In a first part, a multi-user MIMO system is studied, in which a base station (BS) transmits pre-coded GSM symbols to several receivers. In the GSM approach adopted, multiple antennas transmit different high-level M-QAM symbols simultaneously, up to M =1024. The precoder is designed to remove interference between users while an iterative algorithm based on the alternating direction method of multipliers (ADMM) is applied to the receiver to perform single user GSM detection. The results show that the GSM MU-MIMO approach presented is capable of effectively exploiting a large number of transmission antennas deployed on the transmitter and also provides desempenho gains over conventional MU-MIMO schemes with identical spectral efficiencies. In a second part, a new dimension (beyond space) is introduced, frequency. The behaviour of MMSE and OB-MMSE receivers in a GSFIM-based MIMO system is thus studied. The results show that the GSFIM MU-MIMO system competently exploits communications with large numbers of antennas/sub-carriers and performs better when used with an OB-MMSE receiver