球解码的改进算法

文中首先对MIMO系统启发式算法中的BLAST算法和球解码(CL算法)进行了研究.然后,在前面介绍的相关知识基础上,提出了一种新的球解码算法.该改进算结合BLAST算法计算量小和球解码算法(CL算法)误码性能好的优点而提出的.改进算法在牺牲一定误码性能的情况下,换取算法计算量的大幅度下降.仿真结果表明了这种改进算法的有效性.     

User scheduling based on angles with block diagonalization in MU‐MIMO broadcast

This paper investigates user selection scheme in the multiuser multiple‐input multiple‐output (MU‐MIMO) broadcast (BC) scene with block diagonalization precoding. Block diagonalization is a suboptimal but practical linear precoding method, which can eliminate the multiuser interference by turning the MU‐MIMO BC channel into parallel MIMO channels. With this precoding method, we propose the best user from the user subset to maximize the total throughput in the MU‐MIMO BC system. The angles between subspaces used in this paper are induced from n ‐inner product, an extension from norm space to the n ‐dimensional space, which characterizes the orthogonality between subspaces. One of the algorithms achieves good performance by comparing the capacity greedily, the other one attains high capacity by reducing the cardinality of the user subset to improve the orthogonality between the user channels, which could be seen as a complexity reduction algorithm with respect to the former one. Indeed, they are all based on the angles between subspaces. Analysis shows that both of the proposed algorithms have lower complexity and better performance than the classical algorithms. The numerical results also confirm our analysis.     

一种异步发射信号的MIMO差分检测方法

提出了一种异步发射信号的MIMO系统模型:在V-BLAST系统各发射天线对应的数据流中人为添加时延,使得各发射天线的信号异步发射、异步到达接收机.基于该系统模型,提出了一种差分检测方法.解决了传统V-BLAST方法无法进行差分检测以及无法实现单天线检测的难题.仿真结果显示,该算法在不同的相对时延情况下的误码率性能不同.     

Unified Optimal Power Allocation Strategy for MIMO Candidates in 3GPP HSDPA

We compare the achievable throughput of time division multiple access (TDMA) multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) schemes illustrated in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) MIMO technical report, versus the sum‐rate capacity of space‐time multiple access (STMA). These schemes have been proposed to improve the 3GPP high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) channel by employing multiple antennas at both the base station and mobile stations. Our comparisons are performed in multi‐user environments and are conducted using TDMA such as Qualcomm's High Data Rate and HSDPA, which is a simpler technique than STMA. Furthermore, we present the unified optimal power allocation strategy for HSDPA MIMO schemes by exploiting the similarity of multiple antenna systems and multi‐user channel problems.     

一种MIMO系统中的快速广义复球形解码算法

该文提出了一种广义复球形解码算法。它能处理多输入多输出系统(MIMO)中发送天线多于接收天线的情形,并能同时检测具有格型结构和不具有格型结构的二维空间星座信号。该算法对信号矢量的超定部分进行优化搜索,从而避免了穷尽搜索的高复杂度。仿真结果表明该广义复球形解码算法的复杂度明显低于采用穷尽搜索策略的复杂度。     

MIMO系统中局域化最大似然信号检测算法

提出了一种MIM0系统中低复杂度的局域化最大似然信号检测算法，该方法通过调整信号有效搜索域大小，在计算复杂度与系统性能之间折衷．实验结果表明：该信号检测算法明显降低了高阶QAM调制的计算复杂度，在QPSK和16QAM调制时，当系统性能接近最大似然算法时计算量仅为其很小一部分。     

Performance Analysis of Layer Pruning on Sphere Decoding in MIMO Systems

Sphere decoding (SD) for multiple‐input and multiple‐output systems is a well‐recognized approach for achieving near‐maximum likelihood performance with reduced complexity. SD is a tree search process, whereby a large number of nodes can be searched in an effort to find an estimation of a transmitted symbol vector. In this paper, a simple and generalized approach called layer pruning is proposed to achieve complexity reduction in SD. Pruning a layer from a search process reduces the total number of nodes in a sphere search. The symbols corresponding to the pruned layer are obtained by adopting a QRM‐MLD receiver. Simulation results show that the proposed method reduces the number of nodes to be searched for decoding the transmitted symbols by maintaining negligible performance loss. The proposed technique reduces the complexity by 35% to 42% in the low and medium signal‐to‐noise ratio regime. To demonstrate the potential of our method, we compare the results with another well‐known method — namely, probabilistic tree pruning SD.     

Adaptive Channel‐Matched Extended Alamouti Space‐Time Code Exploiting Partial Feedback

Since the publication of Alamouti's famous space‐time block code, various quasi‐orthogonal space‐time block codes (QSTBC) for multi‐input multi‐output (MIMO) fading channels for more than two transmit antennas have been proposed. It has been shown that these codes cannot achieve full diversity at full rate. In this paper, we present a simple feedback scheme for rich scattering (flat Rayleigh fading) MIMO channels that improves the coding gain and diversity of a QSTBC for 2ⁿ (n = 3, 4,…) transmit antennas. The relevant channel state information is sent back from the receiver to the transmitter quantized to one or two bits per code block. In this way, signal transmission with an improved coding gain and diversity near to the maximum diversity order is achieved. Such high diversity can be exploited with either a maximum‐likelihood receiver or low‐complexity zero‐forcing receiver.     

Analysis of minimum transmit sum power and scheduling power gain for multi‐user MIMO‐OFDM networks with rate constraints

Minimum transmit sum power (MTSP) is of high theoretical and practical value in multi‐user rate‐constrained systems; it is, however, quite difficult to be numerically characterized in complex channels for the prohibitively high computational power required. In this paper, we present a computationally efficient method to approximate the MTSP in multi‐user multiple‐input multiple‐output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (MU‐MIMO‐OFDM) wireless networks. Specifically, we propose both lower and upper bounds of the MTSP, which are asymptotically accurate in the limit of large K, the number of users. Then, we develop two iterative water‐filling algorithms to numerically solve the proposed bounds. These algorithms are with low complexity, that is, linear in K, and therefore enable the analysis of MTSP in complex channels even if K is large. Numerical results demonstrate the effectiveness of the bounds in approximating the MTSP and the high computational efficiency of the proposed iterative water‐filling algorithms. With the proposed bounds, we further numerically study scheduling power gain (SPG), which is defined as MTSP reduction achieved by scheduling resources over multiple channel blocks in time domain. We simulate the SPG in different wireless environments defined in Third Generation Partnership Project spatial channel extended model and find insignificant SPG in some cases, indicating that the benefit from scheduling over multiple channel blocks is limited and simply allocating resources within the present channel is sufficient. Our analysis on the MTSP and SPG provides guidelines on the design of resource schedulers in MU‐MIMO‐OFDM networks. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Parallel relay‐assisted three‐phase MIMO space division multiple access transmission for multi‐hop throughput improvement

Multi‐hop communications equipped with parallel relay nodes is an emerging network scenario visible in environments with high node density. Conventional interference‐free medium access control (MAC) has little capability in utilizing such parallel relays because it essentially prohibits the existence of co‐channel interference and limits the feasibility of concurrent communications. This paper aims at presenting a cooperative multi‐input multi‐output (MIMO) space division multiple access (SDMA) design that uses each hop's parallel relay nodes to improve multi‐hop throughput performance. Specifically, we use MIMO and SDMA to enable concurrent transmissions (from multiple Tx nodes to single/multiple Rx nodes) and suppress simultaneous links' co‐channel interference. As a joint physical layer (MAC/PHY) solution, our design has multiple MAC modules including load balancing that uniformly splits traffic packets at parallel relay nodes and multi‐hop scheduling taking co‐channel interference into consideration. Meanwhile, our PHY layer modules include distributive channel sounding that exchanges channel information in a decentralized manner and link adaptation module estimating instantaneous link rate per time frame. Simulation results validate that compared with interference‐free MAC or existing Mitigating Interference using Multiple Antennas (MIMA‐MAC), our proposed design can improve end‐to‐end throughput by around 30% to 50%. In addition, we further discuss its application on extended multi‐hop topology. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

多天线系统中逼近最大似然的快速检测算法

该文针对无编码的多输入多输出无线通信系统中的最大似然检测接收机在发端天线数较多、调制阶数较高时计算复杂度过高的问题,提出了一种低复杂度的球形译码算法。该算法首先利用信道信息对待检测的发送信号矢量进行分组,然后对各组内的信号矢量采用球形译码进行最大似然检测,并在组间做干扰消除。理论分析和仿真表明,该算法不仅复杂度低,而且能够逼近最大似然检测的性能。     

Partitioned scheduling for sphere decoding with runtime constraints for practical MIMO communication systems

This paper presents an effective scheduling scheme for sphere decoding (SD) with runtime constraints, targeting the practical multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) communication systems where neither the interleaving scheme nor its block size cannot be designed freely. The proposed scheme imposes runtime constraints on SD to distribute the errors due to the early termination of SD. Because the distributed errors may be corrected effectively by forward error correction, the error‐rate performance can be improved; experimental results show that the performance improvement is approximately 2dB in terms of the signal‐to‐noise ratio to achieve a bit‐error rate of 10^?4 in 4 × 4 16‐QAM MIMO systems. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

SINR loss and user selection in massive MU‐MISO systems with ZFBF

Separating highly correlated users can reduce the loss caused by spatial correlation (SC) in multiuser multiple‐input multiple‐output (MU‐MIMO) systems. However, few accurate analyses of the loss caused by SC have been conducted. In this study, we define signal‐to‐interference‐plus‐noise ratio (SINR) loss to characterize it in multiuser multiple‐input single‐output (MU‐MISO) systems, and use coefficient of correlation (CoC) to describe the SC between users. A formula is deduced to show the accurate relation between SINR loss and CoC. Based on this relation, we propose a user selection method that utilizes CoC to minimize the average SINR loss of users in massive MU‐MISO systems. Simulation results verify the correctness of the relation and show that the proposed user selection method is very effective at reducing the loss caused by SC in massive MU‐MISO systems.     

Generalized OSTBC‐based subcarrier intensity‐modulated MIMO optical wireless communication system

In this paper, we analyze an optical wireless communication (OWC) system having a source and a destination node, equipped with multiple transmit and receive apertures, respectively. We utilize generalized orthogonal space‐time block codes (OSTBCs) of any arbitrary order and subcarrier intensity modulation scheme for data transmission over gamma–gamma (GG) fading optical links using M ‐ary phase‐shift keying (PSK) constellation. A symbol‐wise decoding is utilized, and the closed‐form expression of the approximate average symbol error rate (SER) of multi‐aperture‐based OWC system is obtained for the generalized OSTBC and an arbitrary M ‐PSK constellation. Using the derived SER expression, we analytically evaluate the diversity order and the coding gain of the OWC system with GG atmospheric turbulence. It has been shown by the numerical results that the maximum possible diversity is achieved by using the symbol‐wise maximum likelihood decoding in the destination. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Achievable sum‐rate analysis of correlated two‐antenna MIMO uplink channels

This paper analyzes the achievable sum‐rate of correlated two‐antenna multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) uplink channels. Most of previous works have considered the case when a single user has multiple transmit antennas (i.e. multi‐antenna single‐user scenario). This paper considers the case when two‐antenna MIMO uplink channels comprise two users with a single transmit antenna (i.e. single‐antenna two‐user scenario). The analytic and simulation results show that the achievable sum‐rate of correlated single‐antenna two‐user MIMO uplink channels highly depends on the angle difference between the receive correlation coefficients of two users. It is also shown that the achievable sum‐rate of correlated single‐antenna two‐user MIMO uplink channels is larger than that of correlated two‐antenna single‐user MIMO uplink channels and can even be larger than that of independent and identically distributed Rayleigh two‐antenna MIMO uplink channels. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Dual‐polarized MIMO antenna system for WiFi and LTE wireless access point applications

In this paper, a dual‐polarized multiple‐input multiple‐output (MIMO) antenna system suitable for indoor wireless access point is proposed. The presented MIMO antenna system consists of two coplanar‐waveguide‐fed monopole antennas with orthogonally polarized modes. According to the closely spaced structure of the MIMO antenna system, the mutual coupling between the ports is a big challenge. Therefore, a new structure of parasitic element is introduced in order to improve the mutual coupling between the ports. For the purpose of validating the simulated results, the antenna prototype has been fabricated and measured; the comparison of the results shows that there is an acceptable agreement between the measurement and simulation results. The proposed design covers the frequency bands of WiFi (2.4 GHz), Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (2.3 and 2.5 GHz), and Long‐Term Evolution (LTE; 1.5 and 2.6 GHz) applications with a reflection coefficient less than −10 dB and a mutual coupling coefficient better than −15 dB. The MIMO antenna system provides an envelope correlation coefficient less than 0.15, polarization diversity gain more than 9.985 dB, and quasi‐omnidirectional pattern within the expected frequency band. In addition, LTE downlink throughput measurements show that the proposed antenna system delivers data rates close to the theoretical maximum for quadrature phase shift keying, 16 quadrature amplitude modulation (QAM), and 64‐QAM modulations. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

User Selection Algorithms for MU‐MIMO Systems with Coordinated Beamforming

In this paper, we propose two novel user selection algorithms for multiuser multiple‐input and multiple‐output downlink wireless systems, in which both a base station (BS) and mobile stations (MSs) are equipped with multiple antennas. Linear transmit beamforming at the BS and receive combining at the MSs are used to avoid interference between users and find a better sum‐rate capacity performance. An optimal technique for selecting users would entail an exhaustive search, which in practice becomes computationally complex for a realistic number of users. Suboptimal algorithms with low complexity are proposed for a coordinated beamforming scheme. Simulation results show that the performance of the proposed algorithms is better than that provided by previous algorithms and is very close to an optimal approach with reduced complexity.     

含公零点FIR-MIMO信道的直接盲检测

首先在发送信号属于有限字符集和FIR-MIMO信道卷积矩阵行数大于列数的情况下,给出了FIR-MIMO均衡器存在的一个充分性条件。然后,利用变换矩阵的方法把盲信号检测问题转化为二值约束下的二次规划问题,并利用遗传算法求解二次规划,最后进行了实例仿真。仿真结果表明：在FIR-MIMO信道含公零点的情况下,所提出的均衡器可以正确地恢复发送信号;而无论FIR-MIMO信道是否含有公零点,提出的直接盲多用户检测算法都比经典的子空间算法性能优越。     

Beamforming for Downlink Multiuser MIMO Time‐Varying Channels Based on Generalized Eigenvector Perturbation

A beam design method based on signal‐to‐leakage‐plus‐noise ratio (SLNR) has been recently proposed as an effective scheme for multiuser multiple‐input multiple‐output downlink channels. It is shown that its solution, which maximizes the SLNR at a transmitter, can be simply obtained by the generalized eigenvectors corresponding to the dominant generalized eigenvalues of a pair of covariance matrices of a desired signal and interference leakage plus noise. Under time‐varying channels, however, generalized eigendecomposition is required at each time step to design the optimal beam, and its level of complexity is too high to implement in practical systems. To overcome this problem, a predictive beam design method updating the beams according to channel variation is proposed. To this end, the perturbed generalized eigenvectors, which can be obtained by a perturbation theory without any iteration, are used. The performance of the method in terms of SLNR is analyzed and verified using numerical results.     

一种分布式MIMO差分检测方法

本文提出一种无需信道估计的分布式MIMO差分编码及检测方法:发送端将发射符号进行相位差分调制后生成空时码矩阵进行发射,接收端利用前后接收量判断相位信息恢复出发送端数据信息.本文将该方法在不同信道传播时延场景下进行了仿真验证,仿真结果表明,在相同E_b/N₀情况下,不同信道传播时延对应的误码率性能不同:在信道传播时延从0.1T_s到0.9T_s的变化过程中,误码率随信道传播时延的增大先降低后升高,当信道传播时延为0.6T_s左右误码率达到最低,存在使系统误码率性能较好的信道传播时延.