Cooperative inter-beam nulling: A side-channel strategy for managing inter-beam interference

Andrew Kwong, Ashutosh Sabharwal

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Abstract

Conjugate beamforming is a practical method of enabling simultaneous downlink to multiple users, but it suffers from inter-beam interference. We propose to utilize side-channels so that users can amplify-and-forward their received signals to other users. The amplified-and-forwarded signals are used with a decorrelating receiver to null interference in a strategy called cooperative inter-beam nulling (CIBN). We derive, simulate, and analyze the achievable rate of CIBN. Our results show that CIBN provides significant rate gains with a sufficient number of base station antennas (>10) and received side-channel SNR (> 5 dB), and that rich scattering environments provide the most rate gains.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationConference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015
EditorsMichael B. Matthews
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1242-1246
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781467385763
DOIs
StatePublished - Feb 26 2016
Event49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015 - Pacific Grove, United States
Duration: Nov 8 2015Nov 11 2015

Publication series

NameConference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Volume2016-February
ISSN (Print)1058-6393

Other

Other49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityPacific Grove
Period11/8/1511/11/15

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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