LDPC for receive antennas selection in massive MiMo

Massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (m-MIMO) is a promising technology for improving the capacity of fifth generation (5G) wireless networks. However, m-MiMo suffers from the cost and complexity of the radio frequency (RF) chain. One solution to solve this problem is the method of antenna selection. However, this method requires information on the channel state (CSI) in order to select the most efficient subset, which is impossible in the presence of the pilot contamination. In addition, the exhaustive search method, used in conventional MiMo for selecting a subset of antennas, is ineffective for the massive MIMO system because it adds complexity to the processing and requires high energy consumption. For this purpose, a model using a water-filling algorithm and Low-Density Parity-Check (LDPC) decoded symbols is proposed in this article. This method exploits the characteristic of the Physical Layer to address the problem. It does not require supplementary chain, and it does not use pilot symbols to estimate the channel, which makes this proposed model frugal in term of energy consumption and processing resources comparing to the exhaustive method. Simulation results show that the proposed solution attains the same optimal values when the Exhaustive search method is used.