Pilot power ratio for uplink sum-rate maximization in zero-forcing based MU-MIMO systems with large number of antennas

Kyungsik Min, Minchae Jung, Taehyung Kim, Younsun Kim, Juho Lee, Sooyong Choi

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Abstract

This paper analyzes the pilot power ratio (PPR) in multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems with a large number of receive antennas (M) at the base station (BS). We consider zero-forcing based MU-MIMO orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) systems. Based on the deterministic uplink sum-rate approximation for imperfect channel state information, we can formulate the optimization problems in terms of the PPR to maximize the ergodic uplink sum-rate subject to the per-slot or per-symbol power constraint. Under the per-slot power constraint, the optimal PPR can be obtained in a closed form while under the per-symbol power constraint, we propose an iterative algorithm which generates a suboptimal PPR. Simulation results show that the proposed PPRs perform close to the optimal performance in terms of the sum-rate. Also, it is shown that the proposed PPRs outperform the equal power allocation. In particular, in the ZF-R based MU-MIMO OFDM system with 8 users and M = 32 under the per-slot power constraint, the proposed PPR can achieve about 8bps/Hz performance gain compared to the equal power allocation.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2013 IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2013
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2013
Event2013 IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2013 - Las Vegas, NV, United States
Duration: 2013 Sept 22013 Sept 5

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Other

Other2013 IEEE 78th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2013
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityLas Vegas, NV
Period13/9/213/9/5

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering
  • Applied Mathematics

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