Capacity-maximized transmitter antenna selection for multi-user massive MIMO systems with linear beamforming

Said E. El-Khamy, Karim H. Moussa, Amr A. El-Sherif

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Abstract

The implementation of multi-user massive multiple input multiple output (MIMO) systems usually suffers from the increased complexity of system design. In such systems, the numbers of transmit antennas and radio frequency chains (RFC) increases extensively. In this paper, a capacity maximized transmit antenna selection (CM-TAS) algorithm is utilized to reduce the system complexity by reducing the number of RFC. In addition to CM-TAS, three different beamforming (BF) techniques, namely, maximum ratio transmission (MRT-BF), zero-forcing (ZF-BF) and minimum mean square error (MMSE-BF) techniques are considered. When CM-TAS is applied, the numerical analysis shows that the MRT-BF became sensitive to the amount of transmitted power and the number of RFC. On the other hand, the MMSE-BF and ZF-BF are proved to have better BER values than MRT-BF while becoming very sensitive to the number of served users in the system. The results illustrate that CM-TAS is effective in reducing the system complexity while maintaining an acceptable bit error rate (BER) performance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2016 33rd National Radio Science Conference, NRSC 2016
EditorsSaid E. El-Khamy, Hesham El-Badawy, Sherif El-Diasty
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages333-339
Number of pages7
ISBN (Electronic)9781467396509
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 11 Apr 2016
Event33rd National Radio Science Conference, NRSC 2016 - Aswan, Egypt
Duration: 22 Feb 201625 Feb 2016

Publication series

NameNational Radio Science Conference, NRSC, Proceedings
Volume2016-April

Conference

Conference33rd National Radio Science Conference, NRSC 2016
Country/TerritoryEgypt
CityAswan
Period22/02/1625/02/16

Keywords

  • beamforming
  • capacity-maximized
  • massive
  • MIMO
  • multi-user
  • transmit antenna selection

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