Noncoherent multi-user MIMO communications using covariance CSIT

The Multi-User downlink, particularly in a Multi-Cell Massive MIMO setting, requires enormous amounts of instantaneous CSIT (Channel State Information at the Trans-mitter(s)), iCSIT. Here we focus on exploiting channel covariance CSIT (coCSIT) only. In particular multipath induced structured low ran...

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Main Authors: Kurisummoottil, Christo Thomas, Tabikh, Wassim, Slock, Dirk, Yuan-Wu, Yi
Format: Conference Proceeding
Language:English
Subjects:
Antenna arrays
Fading channels
Interference
MIMO communication
Optimization
Signal to noise ratio
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Summary:The Multi-User downlink, particularly in a Multi-Cell Massive MIMO setting, requires enormous amounts of instantaneous CSIT (Channel State Information at the Trans-mitter(s)), iCSIT. Here we focus on exploiting channel covariance CSIT (coCSIT) only. In particular multipath induced structured low rank covariances are considered that arise in Massive MIMO and mmWave settings, which we call pathwise CSIT (pwC-SIT). The resulting non-Kronecker MIMO channel covariance structures lead to a split between the roles of transmitters and receivers in MIMO systems. For the beamforming optimization, we consider a minorization approach applied to the Massive MIMO limit of the Expected Weighted Sum Rate. Simulations indicate that the pwCSIT based designs may lead to limited spectral efficiency loss compared to iCSIT based designs, while trading fast fading CSIT for slow fading CSIT. We also point out that the pathwise approach may lead to distributed designs with only local pwCSIT, and analyze the sum rates for iCSIT and pwCSIT in the low and high SNR limits.
ISSN:2576-2303
DOI:10.1109/ACSSC.2017.8335551