Scaling results on the sum capacity of cellular networks with MIMO links

Scaling results for the sum capacity of the multiple access, uplink channel are provided for a flat-fading environment, with multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) links, when there is interference from other cells. The classical MIMO scaling regime is considered in which the number of antennas per u...

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Published in:IEEE transactions on information theory 2006-07, Vol.52 (7), p.3264-3274
Main Authors: Aktas, D., Bacha, M.N., Evans, J.S., Hanly, S.V.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna feeds
Array signal processing
Asymptotic properties
Asymptotic sum capacity
base station cooperation
Base stations
Broadcasting
Cellular
Cellular communication
Channel capacity
Constraining
Eigenvalues
Fading
Feedback
Land mobile radio cellular systems
large system analysis
Links
Mathematical analysis
MIMO
multiple-access channel (MAC)
multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) channel
random matrices
Signal to noise ratio
Stations
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Summary:Scaling results for the sum capacity of the multiple access, uplink channel are provided for a flat-fading environment, with multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) links, when there is interference from other cells. The classical MIMO scaling regime is considered in which the number of antennas per user and per base station grow large together. Utilizing the known characterizations of the limiting eigenvalue distributions of large random matrices, the asymptotic behavior of the sum capacity of the system is characterized for an architecture in which the base stations cooperate in the joint decoding process of all users (macrodiversity). This asymptotic sum capacity is compared with that of the conventional scenario in which the base stations only decode the users in their cells. For the case of base station cooperation, an interesting "resource pooling" phenomenon is observed: in some cases, the limiting performance of a macrodiversity multiuser network has the same asymptotic behavior as that of a single-user MIMO link with an equivalent amount of pooled received power. This resource pooling phenomenon allows us to derive an elegant closed-form expression for the sum capacity of a new version of Wyner's classical model of a cellular network, in which MIMO links are incorporated into the model.
ISSN:0018-9448
1557-9654
DOI:10.1109/TIT.2006.876241