Browsing by Subject "Multiuser MIMO"

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Channel reconstruction based multiuser precoding with limited feedback
(IEEE, 2021-09-06) Özateş, Mert; Kazemi, Mohammad; Göken, Çağrı; Duman, Tolga M.
We consider the downlink of a multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) system, where each user feeds back a partial channel state information (CSI), namely, the quantized version of the dominant eigenvector of its channel covariance matrix, to the base station (BS) for precoding. Specifically, we propose a downlink multiuser precoding scheme by first reconstructing the equivalent channel matrix of each user via a limited feedback, and then by employing a precoder to suppress the multiuser interference at the receivers. For the single stream case, a signal-to-leakage-and-noise ratio (SLNR) based precoding is employed, while for the full stream case with limited feedback, we employ a lattice reduction aided block diagonalization type precoding with suitable modifications at the receiver side. Extensive numerical examples which are provided using the 5G new radio (5G-NR) channel models demonstrate that the proposed schemes outperform the existing eigenvector based algorithms, and they are more robust against the downlink channel estimation errors.
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Discrete-phase constant envelope precoding for massive MIMO systems
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc., 2017) Kazemi, M.; Aghaeinia, H.; Duman, T. M.
We consider downlink of a multiuser massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system and focus on reducing the hardware costs by using a single common power amplifier and separate phase shifters (PSs) for antenna front-ends. In the previous literature, the use of analog PSs in this setup has been considered. Here, we study the use of practical digital PSs, which only support a limited set of discrete phases. Considering the sum of interference powers as a metric, we formulate the corresponding nonlinear discrete optimization problem and solve for the phases to be used during transmission. We devise a low-complexity algorithm, which employs a trellis structure providing suboptimal, but efficient and effective solutions. We demonstrate via examples that the proposed solutions have comparable performance to conventional analog PS-based algorithms. Furthermore, we prove that by utilizing discrete-phase constant envelope precoding, the interference can be made arbitrarily small by increasing the number of antennas. Therefore, the asymptotic gains promised by massive MIMO systems are preserved. We also obtain closed-form expressions for the rate loss due to errors in the phase and amplitude of the PSs, for both low and high SNR regimes.
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Robust joint precoding/combining design for multiuser MIMO systems with calibration errors
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2023-01-05) Kazemi, Mohammad; Göken, Çağrı; Duman, Tolga Mete
We consider the downlink of a multiuser system operating in the time-division duplexing mode, for which base station (BS) and users are equipped with multiple antennas, and provide a robust precoding/combining design against imperfect channel state information (CSI) and calibration errors due to hardware mismatch. Towards this end, we first formulate a robust joint precoder and combiner design as a stochastic minimum mean squared error optimization problem. Then, employing an alternating optimization approach, we propose an algorithm to obtain the precoding and combining matrices assuming imperfect CSI and calibration errors at both the BS and the user sides. We also provide asymptotic closed-form expressions for the mean squared error (MSE) and the achievable sum-rate in the massive MIMO regime. The results indicate that while the MSE linearly increases with the calibration errors at the user side, the sum-rate is asymptotically independent of them. Extensive simulation results show that the proposed robust joint precoder/combiner outperforms the existing solutions while having the same order of complexity. Moreover, when the BS sends a quantized version of the combining coefficients to the users, it is observed that the proposed solution is more robust to the quantization errors than the existing algorithms.
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Robust joint transceiver design for multiuser MIMO systems with calibration errors
(Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, 2022-08-11) Kazemi, Mohammad; Göken, Ç.; Duman, Tolga Mete
We consider the downlink of a multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system operating in the time-division duplexing (TDD) mode. In this mode, assuming reciprocity, the channel coefficients estimated during the uplink channel training are utilized by the base station (BS) in the downlink data transmission. However, due to hardware mismatches, the uplink and downlink channels are not exactly the same, and therefore, there are calibration errors, which degrade the system performance. In this paper, our goal is to provide a transceiver design which has a robust performance under imperfect channel reciprocity. To this end, we first formulate a robust joint precoder and combiner design as a stochastic minimum mean square error (MMSE) optimization problem. Then, employing an alternating optimization approach, we propose an algorithm to obtain the precoding and combining matrices assuming imperfect CSI and calibration errors at both the BS and user sides. Extensive simulation results show that the proposed robust joint precoder/combiner outperforms the existing solutions in the literature.