On spectral efficiency of vector precoding for Gaussian MIMO broadcast channels
Zaidel B, Müller R, De Miguel R, Moustakas AL (2008)
Publication Language: English
Publication Status: Published
Publication Type: Conference contribution, Conference Contribution
Publication year: 2008
Pages Range: 232-236
Article Number: 4621407
Event location: Bologna
ISBN: 9781424422043
Abstract
The spectral efficiency of practically oriented vector precoding schemes for the Gaussian multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) broadcast channel is analyzed in the large system limit. Considering discrete complex input alphabets, the transmitter is assumed to comprise a linear front-end combined with nonlinear precoding, that minimizes the transmit energy penalty imposed by the linear front-end. The energy penalty is minimized by relaxing the input alphabet to a larger alphabet set prior to precoding. The so-called "replica method" of statistical physics is employed to derive the limiting empirical distribution of the precoder's output, as well as the limiting energy penalty. Particularizing to a "zero-forcing" (ZFJ linear front-end, and non- cooperative users, a decoupling result is derived according to which the channel observed by each of the individual receivers can be characterized by the Markov chain u-x-y, where u is the channel input, x is the equivalent precoder output, and y is the channel output. A comparative spectral efficiency analysis of two illustrative examples reveals significant performance gains compared to linear ZF precoding in the medium to high E /N region. In particular, we demonstrate that convex extended alphabets, amenable to efficient energy minimization algorithms, provide an attractive alternative to alphabets based on the discrete Gaussian integer lattice, for which the energy minimization problem is NP-hard. © 2008 IEEE.
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Bar-Ilan University
Israel (IL)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece (GR)
NTNU Trondheim - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway (NO)
Israel (IL)
National and Kapodistrian University of Athens
Greece (GR)
NTNU Trondheim - Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Norway (NO)
How to cite
APA:
Zaidel, B., Müller, R., De Miguel, R., & Moustakas, A.L. (2008). On spectral efficiency of vector precoding for Gaussian MIMO broadcast channels. In IEEE (Eds.), Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, ISSSTA2008 (pp. 232-236). Bologna, IT.
MLA:
Zaidel, Benjamin, et al. "On spectral efficiency of vector precoding for Gaussian MIMO broadcast channels." Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE 10th International Symposium on Spread Spectrum Techniques and Applications, ISSSTA2008, Bologna Ed. IEEE, 2008. 232-236.
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