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Achieve the degrees of freedom of K-user MIMO interference channel with a MIMO relay

  • Sujie Chen*
  • , Roger S. Cheng
  • *Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

This paper investigates the problem of achieving the degrees of freedom (DoF) of a K-user multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) interference channel with a MIMO relay, where each transmitter and receiver is equipped with M antennas. We propose a two-hop relay aided transmission scheme based on the idea of interference alignment to achieve the full DoF KM/2. The scheme requires global channel state information (CSI) at the MIMO relay only while other nodes only need to have their local CSI. We also study the number of antennas needed at the MIMO relay to achieve interference alignment. In particular, we find that using just linear processing at the relay, the minimum number of antennas needed at the relay for each transmitter-receiver pair to achieve the maximum M/2 DoF per channel use is (K - 1)M, less than what is needed for decode-and-forward approach and all other reported approaches in existing literatures.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2010 IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Print)9781424456383
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2010
Event53rd IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010 - Miami, United States
Duration: 6 Dec 201010 Dec 2010

Publication series

NameGLOBECOM - IEEE Global Telecommunications Conference

Conference

Conference53rd IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2010
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityMiami
Period6/12/1010/12/10

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