Title
The performance loss of unilateral interference cancellation
Abstract
We tackle the problem of determining the beamforming and combining weights in a network of interfering multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) links. We classify any strategy for computing these weights as either unilateral or bilateral. A unilateral strategy is one for which the responsibility of cancelling interference from one node to another is preassigned to lie solely with only one of the two nodes, so that the other node is free to ignore the interference. Many existing strategies for managing interference in a network of MIMO nodes adopt the unilateral approach. In contrast, a bilateral strategy is one for which the responsibility of cancelling interference from one node to another is not preassigned, but is instead shared by both sides as the weights are computed. We present numerical examples to illustrate that bilateral strategies can significantly outperform unilateral strategies, especially for large networks and high interference. In one example, a bilateral approach delivers an aggregate capacity that is 227% higher than that of the best unilateral approach. We conclude that, although unilateral strategies are useful for determining whether or not the streams allocated in a network of MIMO links can coexist, the weight computation should be done bilaterally to prevent throughput loss.
Year
DOI
Venue
2012
10.1109/ICC.2012.6364043
Communications
Keywords
Field
DocType
MIMO communication,array signal processing,interference suppression,radio links,radiofrequency interference,MIMO link,beamforming,bilateral interference cancellation,multiple-input multiple-output link,performance loss,stream allocation,throughput loss prevention,unilateral interference cancellation,MIMO,beamforming,combining,degrees of freedom,network,weights
Beamforming,3G MIMO,Computer science,Single antenna interference cancellation,Co-channel interference,Computer network,MIMO,Interference (wave propagation),Throughput,Computation
Conference
ISSN
ISBN
Citations 
1550-3607 E-ISBN : 978-1-4577-2051-2
978-1-4577-2051-2
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.39
11
4
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Luis Miguel Cortés-Peña120.39
J. R. Barry21298381.86
Douglas M. Blough31393143.31
Cortes-Pena, L.M.420.39