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Pilot decontamination in massive MIMO systems: Exploiting channel sparsity with pilot assignment

  • Beihang University

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Abstract

This paper deals with the pilot contamination problem for massive MIMO systems. Considering the sparse nature of channel impulse response inherent in wideband systems, the paths of channels of the desired and interference users hardly arrive at the same time, which allows most paths of desired channel to be distinguishable from the paths of interference channels in time-domain. Based on this observation, we first estimate the power delay profile (PDP) of the desired channel with the contaminated channel estimate, from which we acquire the delay of each path of the desired channel. By extracting the corresponding channel components from the contaminated channel estimate, a clean channel estimate can be obtained. To reduce the impact of pilot contamination on the estimated PDP, we propose a pilot assignment method among adjacent cells to randomize the interference over successive uplink frames. Simulation results demonstrate substantial sum rate gain of the proposed approach over existing methods.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2014 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2014
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages637-641
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781479970889
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Feb 2014
Event2014 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2014 - Atlanta, United States
Duration: 3 Dec 20145 Dec 2014

Publication series

Name2014 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2014

Conference

Conference2014 IEEE Global Conference on Signal and Information Processing, GlobalSIP 2014
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityAtlanta
Period3/12/145/12/14

Keywords

  • Channel estimation
  • Massive MIMO
  • Pilot contamination
  • Sparse channel

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