Limited feedback vector perturbation precoding by MinMax optimization

Christos Masouros, Mathini Sellathurai, Tharmalingam Ratnarajah

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Abstract

A vector perturbation (VP) scheme is proposed for the downlink of multi-user multiple input multiple output (MU-MIMO) systems with limited feedback. Instead of a computationally expensive sphere search used in conventional VP, the proposed scheme uses a MinMax Optimization to select the perturbation quantities. In addition, the proposed VP circumvents the need for receive-scaling by constraining the search of perturbing vectors to the area in the symbol constellation which is constrictive to the information symbols, i.e. the area where the distances from the decision thresholds are increased with respect to a distance threshold. Consequently, while conventional VP requires the feed-forwarding of the scaling factor to the receiver for correct detection, the proposed scheme does not require the scaling of the received symbols. This advantage is particularly pronounced in limited feedback scenarios where the scaling factors forwarded to the receiver are prone to quantization errors. As illustrated by the results, the error floor encountered in conventional VP in limited feedback scenarios is avoided in the proposed scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationIEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2014
PublisherIEEE
Pages3349-3353
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)978-1-4799-3512-3
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2014
Event57th IEEE Global Communications Conference 2014 - Austin, United States
Duration: 8 Dec 201412 Dec 2014

Conference

Conference57th IEEE Global Communications Conference 2014
Abbreviated titleGLOBECOM 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAustin
Period8/12/1412/12/14

Keywords

  • limited feedback
  • multiuser MIMO
  • non-linear precoding
  • Vector perturbation

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Communication

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