Title
A New User Selection Measure In Block Diagonalization Algorithm For Multiuser Mimo Systems
Abstract
Multiuser-Multiple Input Multiple Output (MU-MIMO) techniques were proposed to increase spectrum efficiency; a key assumption was that the Mobile Terminals (MTs) were simple with only a few antennas. This paper focuses on the Block Diagonalization algorithm (BD) based on the equal power allocation strategy as a practical MU-MIMO technique. When there are many MTs inside the service area of the access point (AP), the AP must determine, at each time slot, the subset of the MTs to be spatially multiplexed. Since the transmission performance depends on the subsets of MTs, the user selection method needs to use the Channel State Information (CSI) obtained in the physical layer to maximize the Achievable Transmission Rate (ATR). In this paper, we clarify the relationship between ATR with SU-MIMO and that with MU-MIMO in a high eigenvalue channel. Based on the derived relationship, we propose a new measure for user selection. The new measure, the eigenvalue decay factor, represents the degradation of the eigenvalues in null space compared to those in SU-MIMO; it is obtained from the signal space vectors of the MTs. A user selection method based on the proposed measure identifies the combination of MTs that yields the highest ATR; our approach also reduces the computational load of user selection. We evaluate the effectiveness of user selection with the new measure using numerical formulations and computer simulations.
Year
DOI
Venue
2009
10.1587/transcom.E92.B.3206
IEICE TRANSACTIONS ON COMMUNICATIONS
Keywords
Field
DocType
multiuser MIMO, user selection, block diagonalization, channel capacity
Kernel (linear algebra),Computer science,Algorithm,Communication channel,Physical layer,Spectral efficiency,Multiplexing,Channel capacity,Channel state information,Computational complexity theory
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
E92B
10
0916-8516
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
0.44
16
Authors
6
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Riichi Kudo18115.69
Yasushi Takatori29224.89
Kentaro Nishimori316531.27
atsushi ohta46615.31
S. Kubota59827.01
Masato Mizoguchi68014.45