On the spectral efficiency of MMSE vector precoding

Vesna Gardašević, Ralf R. Müller, Benjamin M. Zaidel, Geir E. Øien, Lars Lundheim

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Abstract

In this paper, we investigate the spectral efficiency of vector precoding with minimum mean square error (MMSE) linear preprocessing. We restrict the discussion to the spectral efficiency of MMSE vector precoding with quadrature phase-shift keying (QPSK) signaling. Spectral efficiency is investigated by numerical simulations, and plotted as a function of the energy per bit divided by the noise spectral density Eb/N0. The optimum system load , given as the ratio of the number of transmit and receive antennas, that maximizes spectral efficiency is obtained. Previously obtained spectral efficiency results for: Dirty paper coding (DPC), linear zero forcing (ZF), ZF vector precoding, and linear MMSE precoding are provided for comparison. We quantify the performance enhancement that MMSE vector precoding obtains in comparison to vector precoding with ZF linear preprocessing, in the low to medium Eb/N0 region. We also find that MMSE vector precoding does not significantly outperform its linear counterpart.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011
Pages1805-1810
Number of pages6
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
Event2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011 - Cancun, Mexico
Duration: 28 Mar 201131 Mar 2011

Publication series

Name2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011

Conference

Conference2011 IEEE Wireless Communications and Networking Conference, WCNC 2011
Country/TerritoryMexico
CityCancun
Period28/03/1131/03/11

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