scholarly journals Experimental Analysis of Concentrated versus Distributed Massive MIMO in an Indoor Cell at 3.5 GHz

Electronics ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 (14) ◽  
pp. 1646
Author(s):  
Jesús R. Pérez ◽  
Óscar Fernández ◽  
Luis Valle ◽  
Abla Bedoui ◽  
Mohamed Et-tolba ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Access Network ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Mimo Channel ◽  
Power Imbalance ◽  
Channel Measurements

This paper presents a measurement-based comparison between distributed and concentrated massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, which are called D-mMIMO and C-mMIMO systems, in an indoor environment considering a 400 MHz bandwidth centered at 3.5 GHz. In both cases, we have considered an array of 64 antennas in the base station and eight simultaneously active users. The work focuses on the characterization of both schemes in the up-link, considering the analysis of the sum capacity, the total spectral efficiency (SE) achievable by using the zero forcing (ZF) combining method, as well as the user fairness. The effect of the power imbalance between the different transmitters or user terminal (UT) locations, and thus, the benefits of performing an adequate power control are also investigated. The differences between the C-mMIMO and D-mMIMO channel performances are explained through the observation of the structure of their respective measured channel matrices through parameters such as the condition number or the power imbalance between the channels established by each UT. The channel measurements have been performed in the frequency domain, emulating a massive MIMO system in the framework of a time-domain duplex orthogonal frequency multiple access network (TDD-OFDM-MIMO). The characterization of the MIMO channel is based on the virtual array technique for both C-mMIMO and D-mMIMO systems. The deployment of the C-mMIMO and D-MIMO systems, as well as the distribution of users in the measurement environment, has been arranged as realistically as possible, avoiding the movement of people or machines.

scholarly journals Zero-Forcing Precoding in the Measured Massive MIMO Downlink: How Many Antennas Are Needed?

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zhe Zheng ◽  
Jianhua Zhang ◽  
Xiaoyong Wu ◽  
Danpu Liu ◽  
Lei Tian
Keyword(s):  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Simple Expression ◽  
Mimo Channel ◽  
Channel Measurements ◽  
Zero Forcing ◽  
Theoretical Derivation ◽  
Mimo Downlink

In order to understand how many antennas are needed in a multiuser massive MIMO system, theoretical derivation and channel measurements are conducted; the effect of a finite number of base station (BS) antennas on the performance capability of Zero-forcing (ZF) precoding in a rich scattering channel is quantified. Through the theoretical analysis, the needed number of the transmit antennas for ZF precoder to achieve a certain percentage of the broadcast channel (BC) capacity will monotonically decrease with the increase of the transmit signal-to-noise ratio (SNR), and the lower bound of the needed transmit antennas is derived with a simple expression. Then the theoretical derivation is verified by simulation results, and the transmission performance is evaluated by channel measurements in urban microcell (UMi) scenario with frequencies of 3.5 and 6 GHz. From the measurement results, the ZF capability can be enhanced by improving the SNR and enlarging the antenna array spacing when the massive MIMO channel does not under a favorable propagation condition. Furthermore, because of the lower spatial correlation, the performance of ZF precoding at 6 GHz is closer to the theoretical derivation than 3.5 GHz.

A companding approach for PAPR suppression in OFDM based massive MIMO system

2021 ◽  
Vol 0 (0) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ajay Kumar Yadav ◽  
Pritam Keshari Sahoo ◽  
Yogendra Kumar Prajapati
Keyword(s):  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Average Power ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Convex Optimization Problem ◽  
Multiple Input ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Mimo Ofdm

Abstract Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) based massive multiuser (MU) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) system is popularly known as high peak-to-average power ratio (PAPR) issue. The OFDM-based massive MIMO system exhibits large number of antennas at Base Station (BS) due to the use of large number of high-power amplifiers (HPA). High PAPR causes HPAs to work in a nonlinear region, and hardware cost of nonlinear HPAs are very high and also power inefficient. Hence, to tackle this problem, this manuscript suggests a novel scheme based on the joint MU precoding and PAPR minimization (PP) expressed as a convex optimization problem solved by steepest gradient descent (GD) with μ-law companding approach. Therefore, we develop a new scheme mentioned to as MU-PP-GDs with μ-law companding to minimize PAPR by compressing and enlarging of massive MIMO OFDM signals simultaneously. At CCDF = 10−3, the proposed scheme (MU-PP-GDs with μ-law companding for Iterations = 100) minimizes the PAPR to 3.70 dB which is better than that of MU-PP-GDs, (iteration = 100) as shown in simulation results.

scholarly journals The Downlink Performance for Cell-Free Massive MIMO with Instantaneous CSI in Slowly Time-Varying Channels

Entropy ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 23 (11) ◽  
pp. 1552
Author(s):  
Tongzhou Han ◽  
Danfeng Zhao
Keyword(s):  
Power Control ◽  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Time Varying ◽  
Input Multiple Output ◽  
Efficiency Performance ◽  
A Cell ◽  
Time Varying Channel

In centralized massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, the channel hardening phenomenon can occur, in which the channel behaves as almost fully deterministic as the number of antennas increases. Nevertheless, in a cell-free massive MIMO system, the channel is less deterministic. In this paper, we propose using instantaneous channel state information (CSI) instead of statistical CSI to obtain the power control coefficient in cell-free massive MIMO. Access points (APs) and user equipment (UE) have sufficient time to obtain instantaneous CSI in a slowly time-varying channel environment. We derive the achievable downlink rate under instantaneous CSI for frequency division duplex (FDD) cell-free massive MIMO systems and apply the results to the power control coefficients. For FDD systems, quantized channel coefficients are proposed to reduce feedback overhead. The simulation results show that the spectral efficiency performance when using instantaneous CSI is approximately three times higher than that achieved using statistical CSI.

scholarly journals Data Detection in Single User Massive MIMO Using Re-Transmissions

2019 ◽  
Vol 6 (1) ◽  
pp. 15-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
K. Vasudevan ◽  
K. Madhu ◽  
Shivani Singh
Keyword(s):  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Turbo Code ◽  
Additive White Gaussian Noise ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Low Complexity ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Mimo Channel ◽  
Data Detection ◽  
Major Drawback ◽  
Single User

Background:Single user Massive Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) can be used to increase the spectral efficiency since the data is transmitted simultaneously from a large number of antennas located at both the base station and mobile. It is feasible to have a large number of antennas in the mobile, in the millimeter wave frequencies. However, the major drawback of single user massive MIMO is the high complexity of data recovery at the receiver.Methods:In this work, we propose a low complexity method of data detection with the help of re-transmissions. A turbo code is used to improve the Bit-Error-Rate (BER).Results and Conclusion:Simulation results indicate a significant improvement in BER with just two re-transmissions as compared to the single transmission case. We also show that the minimum average SNR per bit required for error-free propagation over a massive MIMO channel with re-transmissions is identical to that of the Additive White Gaussian Noise (AWGN) channel, which is equal to -1.6 dB.

scholarly journals Performance Analysis of Rate Splitting in Massive MIMO Systems with Low Resolution ADCs/DACs

2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (20) ◽  
pp. 9409
Author(s):  
Roger Kwao Ahiadormey ◽  
Kwonhue Choi
Keyword(s):  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Signal To Noise Ratio ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Quantization Noise ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Low Resolution ◽  
Rate Splitting ◽  
Noise Ratio

In this paper, we propose rate-splitting (RS) multiple access to mitigate the effects of quantization noise (QN) inherent in low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) and digital-to-analog converters (DACs). We consider the downlink (DL) of a multiuser massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where the base station (BS) is equipped with low-resolution ADCs/DACs. The BS employs the RS scheme for data transmission. Under imperfect channel state information (CSI), we characterize the spectral efficiency (SE) and energy efficiency (EE) by deriving the asymptotic signal-to-interference-and-noise ratio (SINR). For 1-bit resolution, the QN is very high, and the RS scheme shows no rate gain over the non-RS scheme. As the ADC/DAC resolution increases (i.e., 2–3 bits), the RS scheme achieves higher SE in the high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) regime compared to that of the non-RS scheme. For a 3-bit resolution, the number of antennas can be reduced by 27% in the RS scheme to achieve the same SE as the non-RS scheme. Low-resolution DACs degrades the system performance more than low-resolution ADCs. Hence, it is preferable to equip the system with low-resolution ADCs than low-resolution DACs. The system achieves the best SE/EE tradeoff for 4-bit resolution ADCs/DACs.

scholarly journals Statistical Beamforming for Massive MIMO Systems with Distinct Spatial Correlations

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (21) ◽  
pp. 6255
Author(s):  
Taehyoung Kim ◽  
Sangjoon Park
Keyword(s):  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Degrees Of Freedom ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
High Signal ◽  
Spatial Correlations ◽  
Channel Correlation ◽  
Low Correlation ◽  
Noise Ratio

In this paper, we propose a novel statistical beamforming (SBF) method called the partial-nulling-based SBF (PN-SBF) to serve a number of users that are undergoing distinct degrees of spatial channel correlations in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We consider a massive MIMO system with two user groups. The first group experiences a low spatial channel correlation, whereas the second group has a high spatial channel correlation, which can happen in massive MIMO systems that are based on fifth-generation networks. By analyzing the statistical signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio, it can be observed that the statistical beamforming vector for the low-correlation group should be designed as the orthogonal complement for the space spanned by the aggregated channel covariance matrices of the high-correlation group. Meanwhile, the spatial degrees of freedom for the high-correlation group should be preserved without cancelling the interference to the low-correlation group. Accordingly, a group-common pre-beamforming matrix is applied to the low-correlation group to cancel the interference to the high-correlation group. In addition, to deal with the intra-group interference in each group, the post-beamforming vector for each group is designed in the manner of maximizing the signal-to-leakage-and-noise ratio, which yields additional performance improvements for the PN-SBF. The simulation results verify that the proposed PN-SBF outperforms the conventional SBF schemes in terms of the ergodic sum rate for the massive MIMO systems with distinct spatial correlations, without the rate ceiling effect in the high signal-to-noise ratio region unlike conventional SBF schemes.

scholarly journals A Survey on Massive MIMO Systems in Presence of Channel and Hardware Impairments

Sensors ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 19 (1) ◽  
pp. 164 ◽  
Author(s):  
Zahra Mokhtari ◽  
Maryam Sabbaghian ◽  
Rui Dinis
Keyword(s):  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Low Cost ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Aging Effects ◽  
Hardware Impairments ◽  
Single Carrier ◽  
Input Multiple Output

Massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology is one of the promising technologies for fifth generation (5G) cellular communications. In this technology, each cell has a base station (BS) with a large number of antennas, allowing the simultaneous use of the same resources (e.g., frequency and/or time slots) by multiple users of a cell. Therefore, massive MIMO systems can bring very high spectral and power efficiencies. However, this technology faces some important issues that need to be addressed. One of these issues is the performance degradation due to hardware impairments, since low-cost RF chains need to be employed. Another issue is the channel estimation and channel aging effects, especially in fast mobility environments. In this paper we will perform a comprehensive study on these two issues considering two of the most promising candidate waveforms for massive MIMO systems: Orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and single-carrier frequency domain processing (SC-FDP). The studies and the results show that hardware impairments and inaccurate channel knowledge can degrade the performance of massive MIMO systems extensively. However, using suitable low complex estimation and compensation techniques and also selecting a suitable waveform can reduce these effects.

scholarly journals Channel Estimation for Frequency Division Duplexing Multi-user Massive MIMO Systems via Tensor Compressive Sensing

2017 ◽  
Vol 67 (6) ◽  
pp. 668
Author(s):  
Qingzhu Wang ◽  
Mengying Wei ◽  
Yihai Zhu
Keyword(s):  
Channel Estimation ◽  
Compressive Sensing ◽  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Three Dimensional ◽  
Data Representation ◽  
Frequency Division ◽  
Frequency Division Duplexing

<p class="p1">To make full use of space multiplexing gains for the multi-user massive multiple-input multiple-output, accurate channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT) is required. However, the large number of users and antennas make CSIT a higher-order data representation. Tensor-based compressive sensing (TCS) is a promising method that is suitable for high-dimensional data processing; it can reduce training pilot and feedback overhead during channel estimation. In this paper, we consider the channel estimation in frequency division duplexing (FDD) multi-user massive MIMO system. A novel estimation framework for three dimensional CSIT is presented, in which the modes include the number of transmitting antennas, receiving antennas, and users. The TCS technique is employed to complete the reconstruction of three dimensional CSIT. The simulation results are given to demonstrate that the proposed estimation approach outperforms existing algorithms.</p>

scholarly journals Pilot Assignment Based on Graph Coloring and Location Information in Multicell Multiuser Massive MIMO Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-12
Author(s):  
Canyun Xiong ◽  
Shiyong Chen ◽  
Liang Li ◽  
Yucheng Wu
Keyword(s):  
Graph Coloring ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Mimo System ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Location Information ◽  
Angle Of Arrival ◽  
Intercell Interference ◽  
Interference Graph ◽  
Input Multiple Output

A massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system uses a large number of antennas in the base station (BS) to serve multiple users, which significantly improves the capacity of the system. However, in time division duplex (TDD) mode, the pilot contamination (PC) is inevitable due to the multiplexing of pilots. This paper proposed a pilot assignment based on graph coloring and location information (GC-LI) to improve the performance of users. Specifically, based on graph coloring, the proposed GC-LI algorithm combines location information like the angle of arrival (AoA), distance, and correlation to construct an interference graph. Then, we calculate the interference between any two users and use the postprocessing discrete Fourier transform (DFT) filtering process to effectively distinguish the users with nonoverlapping AoAs. Finally, according to the interference graph, the GC-LI algorithm is proposed to mitigate the intercell interference (ICI) between users with the same pilot by assigning different pilots to connected users with high ICI metrics based on some regulation. Simulation results show that the GC-LI algorithm is suitable for various types of cells. In addition, compared with the existing pilot assignment algorithms based on graph coloring, users’ average signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) and uplink achievable sum rate (ASR) are significantly improved.

scholarly journals Compressive Sensing Based Channel Estimation for Massive MIMO Communication Systems

2019 ◽  
Vol 2019 ◽  
pp. 1-15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Athar Waseem ◽  
Aqdas Naveed ◽  
Sardar Ali ◽  
Muhammad Arshad ◽  
Haris Anis ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Channel Estimation ◽  
Compressive Sensing ◽  
Massive Mimo ◽  
Communication Systems ◽  
Mimo Systems ◽  
Multiple Input Multiple Output ◽  
Sampling Theorem ◽  
Base Station ◽  
Mimo Channels ◽  
Pilot Design

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is believed to be a key technology to get 1000x data rates in wireless communication systems. Massive MIMO occupies a large number of antennas at the base station (BS) to serve multiple users at the same time. It has appeared as a promising technique to realize high-throughput green wireless communications. Massive MIMO exploits the higher degree of spatial freedom, to extensively improve the capacity and energy efficiency of the system. Thus, massive MIMO systems have been broadly accepted as an important enabling technology for 5th Generation (5G) systems. In massive MIMO systems, a precise acquisition of the channel state information (CSI) is needed for beamforming, signal detection, resource allocation, etc. Yet, having large antennas at the BS, users have to estimate channels linked with hundreds of transmit antennas. Consequently, pilot overhead gets prohibitively high. Hence, realizing the correct channel estimation with the reasonable pilot overhead has become a challenging issue, particularly for frequency division duplex (FDD) in massive MIMO systems. In this paper, by taking advantage of spatial and temporal common sparsity of massive MIMO channels in delay domain, nonorthogonal pilot design and channel estimation schemes are proposed under the frame work of structured compressive sensing (SCS) theory that considerably reduces the pilot overheads for massive MIMO FDD systems. The proposed pilot design is fundamentally different from conventional orthogonal pilot designs based on Nyquist sampling theorem. Finally, simulations have been performed to verify the performance of the proposed schemes. Compared to its conventional counterparts with fewer pilots overhead, the proposed schemes improve the performance of the system.

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