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Finite-Alphabet Symbol-Level Multiuser Precoding for Massive MU-MIMO Downlink
Interdisciplinary Centre for Security, Reliability and Trust, University of Luxembourg, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg. (Signal Processing)ORCID iD: 0000-0003-2298-6774
2021 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, ISSN 1053-587X, E-ISSN 1941-0476, Vol. 69, p. 5595-5610Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

We propose a finite-alphabet symbol-level precoding technique for massive multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) downlink systems which are equipped with finite-resolution digital-to-analog converters (DACs) of any precision. Using the idea of constructive interference (CI), we adopt a max-min fair design criterion which aims to maximize the minimum instantaneous received signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) among the user equipments (UEs) while ensuring a CI constraint for each UE under the restriction that the output of the precoder is a vector with finite-alphabet discrete elements. Due to this latter constraint, the design problem is an NP-hard quadratic program with discrete variables, and hence, is difficult to solve. In this paper, we tackle this difficulty by reformulating the problem in several steps into an equivalent continuous-domain biconvex form, including equivalent representations for discrete and binary constraints. Our final biconvex reformulation is obtained via an exact penalty approach and can efficiently be solved using a standard cyclic block coordinate descent algorithm. We evaluate the performance of the proposed finite-alphabet precoding design for DACs with different resolutions, where it is shown that employing low-resolution DACs can lead to higher power efficiencies. In particular, we focus on a setup with one-bit DACs and show through simulation results that compared to the existing schemes, the proposed design can achieve SNR gains of up to 2 dB. We further provide analytic and numerical analyses of complexity and show that our proposed algorithm is computationally efficient as it typically needs only a few tens of iterations to converge.

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Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2021. Vol. 69, p. 5595-5610
Keywords [en]
Biconvex optimization, constructive interference, finite-alphabet symbol-level precoding, massive MU-MIMO downlink, one-bit quantized precoding
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Signal Processing
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-312615DOI: 10.1109/TSP.2021.3113803ISI: 000709069900006Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85115721732OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-312615DiVA, id: diva2:1659859
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Available from: 2022-05-22 Created: 2022-05-22 Last updated: 2024-03-15Bibliographically approved

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