Multipair massive MIMO full-duplex relaying with MRC/MRT processing
Paper in proceeding, 2014

We consider a multipair relay channel, where multiple sources communicate with multiple destinations with the help of a full-duplex (FD) relay station (RS). All sources and destinations have a single antenna, while the RS is equipped with massive arrays. We assume that the RS estimates the channels by using training sequences transmitted from sources and destinations. Then, it uses maximum-ratio combining/maximum-ratio transmission (MRC/MRT) to process the signals. To significantly reduce the loop interference (LI) effect, we propose two massive MIMO processing techniques: i) using a massive receive antenna array; or ii) using a massive transmit antenna array together with very low transmit power at the RS. We derive an exact achievable rate in closed-form and evaluate the system spectral efficiency. We show that, by doubling the number of antennas at the RS, the transmit power of each source and of the RS can be reduced by 1.5 dB if the pilot power is equal to the signal power and by 3 dB if the pilot power is kept fixed, while maintaining a given quality-of-service. Furthermore, we compare FD and half-duplex (HD) modes and show that FD improves significantly the performance when the LI level is low.

Author

H. Q. Ngo

Linköping University

H. A. Suraweerat

University of Peradeniya

Michail Matthaiou

Chalmers, Signals and Systems, Signal Processing and Biomedical Engineering

E. G. Larsson

Linköping University

2014 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2014

4807-4813
978-147992003-7 (ISBN)

Subject Categories

Telecommunications

DOI

10.1109/ICC.2014.6884081

ISBN

978-147992003-7

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