DocumentCode :
3180752
Title :
Resource allocation and linear precoding for relay assisted multiuser MIMO systems
Author :
Wolfgang, Andreas ; Seifi, Nima ; Ottosson, Tony
Author_Institution :
Chalmers Univ. of Technol., Goteborg
fYear :
2008
fDate :
26-27 Feb. 2008
Firstpage :
162
Lastpage :
168
Abstract :
In this paper we investigate the use of infrastructure half-duplex amplify-and-forward (AF) relays in the downlink of a multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system, which uses linear precoding based on block-diagonalization. Owing to the half-duplex mode of the relay, the communication is divided into two time-slots. During the first time-slot the relay nodes are treated as an additional mobile station (MS), while during the second time-slot the base-station (BS) and the relays form a distributed, virtual antenna array. In contrast to many relay applications, the purpose of the proposed scheme is not to increase diversity, but rather to increase the system throughput at the borders of a communication cell or in areas with a high user density. The performance of the proposed architecture is investigated by examining the sum-capacity of the system as well as the distribution of the capacity over the cell-area.
Keywords :
MIMO communication; antenna arrays; precoding; resource allocation; MIMO downlink; amplify-and-forward relays; base-station; block-diagonalization; distributed antenna array; half-duplex mode; linear precoding; multiple-input multiple-output system; multiuser MIMO systems; relay assisted MIMO systems; resource allocation; sum-capacity; time-slot; virtual antenna array; Downlink; Interference; Linear antenna arrays; MIMO; Mobile communication; Power system relaying; Relays; Resource management; Scheduling; Throughput;
fLanguage :
English
Publisher :
ieee
Conference_Titel :
Smart Antennas, 2008. WSA 2008. International ITG Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Vienna
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1756-8
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-1757-5
Type :
conf
DOI :
10.1109/WSA.2008.4475553
Filename :
4475553
Link To Document :
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