Minimizing Pilot Overhead in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Systems via Joint Estimation and Detection
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2020
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We propose a joint channel estimation and data detection (JED) algorithm for cell-free massive multi-user (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Our algorithm yields improved reliability and reduced latency while minimizing the pilot overhead of coherent uplink transmission. The proposed JED method builds upon a novel non-convex optimization problem that we solve approximately and efficiently using forward- backward splitting. We use simulation results to demonstrate that our algorithm achieves robust data transmission with more than 3x reduced pilot overhead compared to orthogonal training in a 128 antenna cell-free massive MU-MIMO system in which 128 users transmit data over 128 time slots.
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2020 IEEE 21st International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
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1 - 5
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21st IEEE International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC 2020) (virtual)
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09695 - Studer, Christoph / Studer, Christoph
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Due to the Coronavirus (COVID-19) the conference was conducted virtually.