Title :
The feasibility conditions of interference alignment for MIMO interference networks
Author :
Ruan, Liangzhong ; Lau, Vincent K N ; Win, Moe Z.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol., Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
Attributed by its breakthrough performance in interference networks, interference alignment (IA) has attracted great attention in the last few years. However, despite the tremendous works dedicated to IA, the feasibility conditions of IA processing remains unclear for most network typologies. The IA feasibility analysis is challenging as the IA constraints are sets of high-degree polynomials, for which no systematic tool to analyze the solvability conditions exists. In this work, by developing a new mathematical framework that maps the solvability of sets of polynomial equations to the linear independence of their first order terms, we propose a sufficient condition that applies to K-pairs MIMO interference networks with general typologies. We have further proved that the sufficient condition aligns with the necessary conditions under some special configurations.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; polynomials; radio networks; radiofrequency interference; telecommunication network topology; IA feasibility analysis; IA processing; high-degree polynomials; interference alignment; k-pairs MIMO interference networks; network topology; polynomial equations; Geometry; Interference channels; MIMO; Polynomials; Vectors;
Conference_Titel :
Information Theory Proceedings (ISIT), 2012 IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
Cambridge, MA
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4673-2580-6
Electronic_ISBN :
2157-8095
DOI :
10.1109/ISIT.2012.6283963