Off-Grid Compressed Channel Estimation with Parallel Interference Cancellation for Millimeter Wave Massive MIMO

Millimeter wave(mmWave)massive multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)plays an important role in the fifth-generation(5G)mobile communications and beyond wireless communication systems owing to its potential of high capacity.However,channel estimation has become very challenging due to the use of massive MIMO antenna array.Fortunately,the mmWave channel has strong sparsity in the spatial angle domain,and the compressed sensing technology can be used to convert the original channel matrix into the sparse matrix of discrete angle grid.Thus the high-dimensional channel matrix estimation is transformed into a sparse recovery problem with greatly reduced computational complexity.However,the path angle in the actual scene appears randomly and is unlikely to be completely located on the quantization angle grid,thus leading to the problem of power leakage.Moreover,multiple paths with the random distribution of angles will bring about serious interpath interference and further deteriorate the performance of channel estimation.To address these off-grid issues,we propose a parallel interference cancellation assisted multi-grid matching pursuit(PIC-MGMP)algorithm in this paper.The proposed algorithm consists of three stages,including coarse estimation,refined estimation,and inter-path cyclic iterative inter-ference cancellation.More specifically,the angular resolution can be improved by locally refining the grid to reduce power leakage,while the inter-path interference is eliminated by parallel interference cancellation(PIC),and the two together improve the estimation accuracy.Simulation results show that compared with the traditional orthogonal matching pursuit(OMP)algorithm,the normalized mean square error(NMSE)of the proposed algorithm decreases by over 14dB in the case of 2 paths.

Turbo Message Passing Based Burst Interference Cancellation for Data Detection in Massive MIMO-OFDM Systems

This paper investigates the fundamental data detection problem with burst interference in massive multiple-input multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiplexing(MIMO-OFDM) systems. In particular, burst interference may occur only on data symbols but not on pilot symbols, which means that interference information cannot be premeasured. To cancel the burst interference, we first revisit the uplink multi-user system and develop a matrixform system model, where the covariance pattern and the low-rank property of the interference matrix is discussed. Then, we propose a turbo message passing based burst interference cancellation(TMP-BIC) algorithm to solve the data detection problem, where the constellation information of target data is fully exploited to refine its estimate. Furthermore, in the TMP-BIC algorithm, we design one module to cope with the interference matrix by exploiting its lowrank property. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm can effectively mitigate the adverse effects of burst interference and approach the interference-free bound.

Group-Based Successive Interference Cancellation for Multi-Antenna NOMA System with Error Propagation

Non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)is viewed as a key technique to improve the spectrum efficiency and solve the issue of massive connectivity.However,for power domain NOMA,the required overall transmit power should be increased rapidly with the increasing number of users in order to ensure that the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio reaches a predefined threshold.In addition,since the successive interference cancellation(SIC)is adopted,the error propagation would become more serious as the order of SIC increases.Aiming at minimizing the total transmit power and satisfying each user’s service requirement,this paper proposes a novel framework with group-based SIC for the deep integration between power domain NOMA and multi-antenna technology.Based on the proposed framework,a joint optimization of power control and equalizer design is investigated to minimize transmit power consumption for uplink multi-antenna NOMA system with error propagations.Based on the relationship between the equalizer and the transmit power coefficients,the original problem is transformed to a transmit power optimization problem,which is further addressed by a parallel iteration algorithm.It is shown by simulations that,in terms of the total power consumption,the proposed scheme outperforms the conventional OMA and the existing cluster-based NOMA schemes.

Successive Interference Cancellation and Alignment in K-User MIMO Interference Channels with Partial Unidirectional Strong Interference

Recently cellular networks have been densely and heterogeneously deployed indoors and outdoors to expand the network capacity,and thus the in-building propagation loss and the transmit power diversity of access points will exacerbate link heterogeneity and result in partial unidirectional strong interference.To make full use of the strong interference feature,we propose the successive interference cancellation and alignment(SICA)scheme in the K-user interference channel with partial unidirectional strong interference.SICA is designed to transmit two kinds of data streams simultaneously,the alignment streams and superposition streams.The alignment streams will follow the interference alignment criterion to maintain the optimal degrees of freedom(DoF)performance;the superposition streams are handled via successive interference cancellation at all the strongly interfered receivers to improve the overall achievable rate.The joint transceiver designs for SICA is modeled as a weighted sum rate(WSR)maximization problem,and then can be alternately solved for a local optimum according to the optimality equivalence between WSR and its corresponding weighted mean square error(WMMSE)problem.Simulation results have confirmed the sum rate improvement and DoF optimality of the proposed SICA scheme.

New Parallel Interference Cancellation Scheme for DS/CDMA Systems

This paper proposes a new multi-stage parallel interference cancellation scheme by modifying the conventional multi-stage parallel interference canceller (PIC). At each stage, it first converts the interference-cancelled outputs from previous stage into thea prior information, in terms of which the bit mean values are computed and the multi-access interference (MAI) for each user is evaluated, and then an interference cancellation is performed to obtain further interference suppression. To reduce the implementation complexity, we give an approximation expression for bit mean value. The performance over AWGN channel is analyzed and compared to the conventional PIC. The user numberK=7 and spreading factorN=13 are chosen as simulation parameters. The computer simulation results show that the proposed PIC has better performance than the conventional PIC both with 2 interference cancellation (IC) stages, at bit error rate of 10?3, for example, about 3 dB performance gain is obtained by using the proposed PIC. It is also shown that our proposed PIC with 1-stage is superior to the conventional PIC with 2-stage in performance, which is of practical value because PIC with fewer stages can bring about shorter processing delay. Key words CDMA - parallel interference cancellation - multi-access interference CLC number TN 914 Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (69772015)Biography: Xu Guo-xiong (1967-), male, Ph. D candidate, research direction: wireless communication.

Research on Interference Cancellation for Switched-on Small Cells in Ultra Dense Network

In ultra-dense heterogeneous networks, the co-channel inter- ference between small cells turns to be the major challenge to cell throughput improvement, especially for cell edge users. In this paper, we propose a distributed frequency resource al- location approach for interference cancellation, which allo- cates appropriate frequency resources when a small cell is switched on to reduce the co-channel interference to its neigh- boring small cells. This frequency resource pre-allocation aims at avoiding co-channel interference between small ceils and improving users ＇ throughput. The simulation results show that our proposed scheme can effectively reduce the co-chan- nel interference and achieve considerable gains in users＇ through put.

Particle filter based stochastic interference cancellation for frequency-selective MIMO channel equalization

To mitigate the effects of the previous symbol decision errors of a decision-feedback （DF） equalizer on the current decision, a particle filter （PF） based DF equalizer for frequency selective multiple-input-multiple-output （MIMO） channel is proposed. On the basis of the analyses of DF equalization for the MIMO wireless system, it is found that a stochastic interference cancellation （IC） scheme can be employed to prevent the error propagation in a severe space-time interference scenario. This is because the random rather than the deterministic scheme can reduce the probability of an error decision even if an error decision occurs. Besides, the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio （SINR） based IC order, which is obtained via pilot, can guarantee the optimality of the cancellation. The bit error rate （BER） performance of the proposed scheme is verified through simulation experiments under different multipath interference environment.

Interference cancellation scheme for uplink cognitive radio systems

This paper investigates the interference cancellation （IC） scheme for uplink cognitive radio systems, using the spectrum underlay strategy where the primary users （PUs） and the secondary users （SUs） coexist and operate in the same spectrum. Joint MMSE-based parallel interference cancellation （PIC） and Turbo decoding scheme is proposed to reduce the interference to the PUs, as well as to the SUs, in which the minimum mean square estimation （MMSE） filter is only employed in the first iteration, regarded as the ＂weakest link＂ of the whole detection process, to improve the quality of the preliminary detections results before they are fed to the Turbo decoder. Simulation results show that the proposed scheme can efficiently eliminate the interference to the PUs, as well as to the SUs.

New Parallel Interference Cancellation for Convolutionally Coded CDMA Systems

Based on BCJR algorithm proposed by Bahlet al and linear soft decision feedback, a reduced-complexity parallel interference cancellation (simplified PIC) for convolutionally coded DS CDMA systems is proposed. By computer simulation, we compare the simplified PIC with the exact PIC. It shows that the simplified PIC can achieve the performance close to the exact PIC if the mean values of coded symbols are linearly computed in terms of the sum of initiala prior log-likelihood rate (LLR) and updateda prior LLR, while a significant performance loss will occur if the mean values of coded symbols are linearly computed in terms of the updateda prior LLR only. Meanwhile, we also compare the simplified PIC with MF receiver and conventional PICs. The simulation results show that the simplified PIC dominantly outperforms the MF receiver and conventional PICs, at signal-noise rate (SNR) of 7 dB, for example, the bit error rate is about 10?4 for the simplified PIC, which is far below that of matched-filter receiver and conventional PIC. Key words convolutionally coded CDMA - parallel interference cancellation - BCJR CLC number TN 914 Foundation item: Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (69772015)Biography: Xu Guo-xiong (1967-), male, Ph. D candidate, research direction: wireless communication.

Interference cancellation technique under imperfect synchronization in cellular systems

In this paper, an asynchronous cooperative cellular system applied with space-time block coding (STBC) is investigated. A signal detector is proposed based on parallel interference cancellation (PIC), to cancel the inter-symbol interference (ISI) caused by the imperfect synchronization. Simulation results show that the proposed PIC detector can effiectively suppress the ISI, but there is still a comparatively high error floor, due to the co-channel interference (CCI) of the cellular system.

A Soft Parallel Interference Cancellation Algorithm in WCDMA

A two-stage soft parallel interference cancellation (SPIC) algorithm in WCDMA system is proposed. The performance of the algorithm is analysed in perfect power control and near-far case, and the influence of the timing error on the system BER is discussed. Analysis and simulation show that the SPIC technique can enhance system capacity, and have a good ability to resist near-far impact. With its simple structure, it has good potential for practical applications.

Improved Space-Time Selective Interference Cancellation Scheme for CDMA Systems

Space-time selective parallel interference cancellation(ST-SPIC) is a computationally effective approach combining multiuser detection (MUD) with antenna array technology for CDMA systems. The exploitation of signal reliability is a key issue in ST-SPIC. In order to improve the reliability estimation, a pair of reliability thresholds are introduced. Then an improved selective interference cancellation algorithm is proposed to exploit the reliability accordingly. More practical space-time processing algorithms are also incorporated in the proposed ST-SPIC scheme to overcome the limitation caused by some idealised assumptions taken in the original ST-SPIC scheme. Numerical results show that the proposed ST-SPIC scheme outperforms its traditional counterpart in a CDMA microcell environment.

Iterative Signal Detection Based Soft Interference Cancellation for Satellite-Terrestrial Downlink NOMA Systems

To improve the bit error rate(BER)performance of multi-user signal detection in satelliteterrestrial downlink non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)systems,an iterative signal detection algorithm based on soft interference cancellation with optimal power allocation is proposed.Given that power allocation has a significant impact on BER performance,the optimal power allocation is obtained by minimizing the average BER of NOMA users.According to the allocated powers,successive interference cancellation(SIC)between NOMA users is performed in descending power order.For each user,an iterative soft interference cancellation is performed,and soft symbol probabilities are calculated for soft decision.To improve detection accuracy and without increasing the complexity,the aforementioned algorithm is optimized by adding minimum mean square error(MMSE)signal estimation before detection,and in each iteration soft symbol probabilities are utilized for soft-decision of the current user and also for the update of soft interference of the previous user.Simulation results illustrate that the optimized algorithm i.e.MMSE-IDBSIC significantly outperforms joint multi-user detection and SIC detection by 7.57dB and 8.03dB in terms of BER performance.

Inter-Cell Interference Cancellation Algorithm for Reverse Link TDD-CDMA Systems

This paper proposes a new inter-cell interference cancellation algorithm called subspace projection in order to eliminate the stronger inter-cell interference. This algorithm is designed for the reverse link of time division duplex-code division multiple access systems. The algorithm works by projecting desired users＇ signal vector onto the subspace orthogonal to the subspace that inferrers the users＇ signal. Link-level simulation results show that the scheme eliminates the inter-cell interference efficiently, improves the receiver performance, and increases the system capacity.

Throughput analysis of slotted ALOHA with cooperative transmission using successive interference cancellation

With a cross-layer design approach, a novel random access protocol is proposed in this paper, which is based on conventional slotted ALOHA （S-ALOHA） using successive interference cancellation （SIC） technique to separate collided packets and cooperative transmission to exploit the physical layer advantages. And a general theoretic analysis model is presented to obtain its throughput, which is also suitable for analyzing the performance of other protocols （such as S-ALOHA and S-ALOHA with cooperative transmission （C-ALOHA）） and is shown to be right and effective. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed protocol can improve the maximal throughput by 190% and 132% over a Rayleigh fading channel, respectively, as compared with S-ALOHA and C-ALOHA. And the results show that our protocol can provide an effective random access method with high throughput for wireless transmission.

Successive interference cancellation (SIC) in V-BLAST systems with asynchronous transmission mode

The V-BLAST system with asynchronous transmission mode first proposed by Shao can achieve full diversity only by using a simple linear detection scheme under zero forcing （ZF） criterion; therefore it gives a reasonable tradeoff between complexity and performance. In this paper, we propose two types of successive interference cancellation （SIC） detection schemes for the asynchronous V-BLAST system, one is characterized by applying Mr successive interference cancellators before a maximal ratio combiner （where Mr is the number of receive antennas）, and the other has a maximal ratio combiner before a successive interference cancellator. Since Type Ⅰ consumes more energy of the previously detected signals to recover a signal, Type Ⅱ can offer a better performance and simulations demonstrate its validity.

Digital and analog hybrid control in adaptive interference cancellation system

The digital proportion control is introduced to improve the performance of the analog adaptive interference cancellation system （ICS）. For the high frequency parts of the signals after multiplier are not required,the sampling frequency need not satisfy the sampling theorem for high frequency. Because the sampling,calculation and output expend time in digital control,the ideal condition,delay condition and delay-wait condition are taken into account. Through analyzing the system model with three conditions,we gain the stable conditions of the system,the optimization step factors that can make the system converge fastest and the formulas of the interference cancellation ratios （ICRs）. One step convergence can be accomplished under ideal condition,whereas the system can not converge in one step under delay condition and delay-wait condition. The calculation results show the convergence speed of delay-wait condition is slower than that of delay condition. The ICR is improved with the increase of the step factor which is in stable bound,but the convergence speed is decreased if the step factor exceeds the optimization step factor. In order to avoid that confine,the method of amending the steady state weight to improve the ICR is proposed. The analyses are in agreement with the computer simulations.

Sub-channel interference cancellation in SVD-based MIMO system

For singular value decomposition （SVD）-based multiple input multiple output （MIMO） systems, implicit channel state information （CSI） incurs interferences amongst sub-channels if the CSI at the transmitter is not explicit. An improved SVD-based MIMO which can fully cancel the inter sub-channel interferences by reconstructing the transmitter- receiver system matrix on interferences analysis is provided. Simulation results indicate that the proposed algorithm outperforms the traditional SVD-based MIMO in a large degree.

Modeling and Analysis of OFDMA-NOMA-RA Protocol Considering Imperfect SIC in Multi-User Uplink WLANs

To address the problems of network congestion and spectrum resources shortage in multi-user large-scale scenarios,this paper proposes a twice random access OFDMA-NOMA-RA protocol combining the advantages of orthogonal frequency division multiple access(OFDMA)and non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA).The idea of this protocol is that OFMDA is used to divide the entire frequency field into multiple orthogonal resource units(RUs),and NOMA is used on each RU to enable more users to access the channel and improve spectrum efficiency.Based on the protocol designed in this paper,in the case of imperfect successive interference cancellation(SIC),the probability of successful competition subchannels and the outage probability are derived for two scenarios:Users occupy the subchannel individually and users share the subchannel.Moreover,when two users share the channel,the decoding order of the users and the corresponding probabilities are considered.Then,the system throughput is obtained.To achieve better outage performance in the system,the optimal power allocation algorithm is proposed in this paper,which enables the optimal power allocation strategy to be obtained.Numerical results show that the larger the imperfect SIC coefficient,the worse the outage performance of weak users.Compared with pure OFDMA and NOMA,OFDMA-NOMA-RA always maintains an advantage when the imperfect SIC coefficient is less than a specific value.

An Improved Equalization with Real Interference Prediction Scheme of the FBMC/OQAM System

FBMC/OQAM transmission system has a better spectral efficiency than OFDM.However,its orthogonality condition is only considered in the real field.In the presence of fading channels,the real orthogonality of FBMC/OQAM might be lost,which calls for new equalization schemes.In this paper,an improved equalizer with real interference prediction(ERIP)scheme of FBMC/OQAM is proposed.We analyze the correlation between the real and the neighboring imaginary interference components taking Doppler shifts into account,and derive the improved ERIP scheme.The simulation results show that the proposed scheme can outperform the original ERIP and the one-tap equalization in time-varying multipath scenarios with an affordable complexity.