Abstract
We investigate the importance of weak clusters when modeling a wireless massive MIMO channel. We do this by studying the influence of densely spaced terminals and the number of base-station antennas for a zero-forcing precoded massive MIMO system. In particular, we focus on the influence on the correlation and imbalance between the signals at the terminal antennas, the effective channel-gain, the eigenvalue distributions and the number of clusters.
The study is based on measured radio-channels from terminal prototypes with integrated antennas connected to a massive MIMO testbed.
We further evaluate the advantage of using block-diagonalized zero-forcing compared to conventional zero-forcing in a massive MIMO system. Unexpectedly, terminals with low antenna envelope correlation coefficient may benefit significantly from block-diagonal zero-forcing in a massive MIMO system.
The main conclusion is that weaker clusters are important when modeling multi-user scenarios.
The study is based on measured radio-channels from terminal prototypes with integrated antennas connected to a massive MIMO testbed.
We further evaluate the advantage of using block-diagonalized zero-forcing compared to conventional zero-forcing in a massive MIMO system. Unexpectedly, terminals with low antenna envelope correlation coefficient may benefit significantly from block-diagonal zero-forcing in a massive MIMO system.
The main conclusion is that weaker clusters are important when modeling multi-user scenarios.
| Original language | English |
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| Pages (from-to) | 1-6 |
| Number of pages | 5 |
| Journal | IEEE Wireless Communications Letters |
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| Publication status | Published - 2019 Dec 2 |
Subject classification (UKÄ)
- Communication Systems