Massive-MIMO Iterative Channel Estimation and Decoding (MICED) in the UplinkShow others and affiliations
2020 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Communications, ISSN 0090-6778, E-ISSN 1558-0857, Vol. 68, no 2, p. 854-870Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]
Massive MIMO uses a large number of antennas to increase the spectral efficiency (SE) through spatial multiplexing of users, which requires accurate channel state information. It is often assumed that regular pilots (RP), where a fraction of the time-frequency resources is reserved for pilots, suffices to provide high SE. However, the SE is limited by the pilot overhead and pilot contamination. An alternative is superimposed pilots (SP) where all resources are used for pilots and data. This removes the pilot overhead and reduces pilot contamination by using longer pilots. However, SP suffers from data interference that reduces the SE gains. This paper proposes the Massive-MIMO Iterative Channel Estimation and Decoding (MICED) algorithm where partially decoded data is used as side-information to improve the channel estimation and increase SE. We show that users with precise data estimates can help users with poor data estimates to decode. Numerical results with QPSK modulation and LDPC codes show that the MICED algorithm increases the SE and reduces the block-error-rate with RP and SP compared to conventional methods. The MICED algorithm with SP delivers the highest SE and it is especially effective in scenarios with short coherence blocks like high mobility or high frequencies.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE) , 2020. Vol. 68, no 2, p. 854-870
Keywords [en]
Channel estimation, Interference, Time-frequency analysis, Contamination, Signal processing algorithms, Iterative decoding, Massive MIMO, superimposed pilots (SP), multicell, spatial correlation
National Category
Signal Processing Telecommunications
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-296062DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2019.2947906ISI: 000521962000015Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85079811095OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-296062DiVA, id: diva2:1663954
Note
QC 20220614
2022-06-032022-06-032022-06-25Bibliographically approved