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Spatial Correlation Variability in Multiuser Systems

Tataria, Harsh LU ; Smith, Peter J ; Molisch, Andreas F. ; Sangodoyin, Seun ; Matthaiou, Michail ; Dmochowski, Pawel A ; Zhang, Jianzhong (Charlie) and Thoma, Reiner S (2018) IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2018
Abstract
Spatial correlation across an antenna array is known to be detrimental to the terminal signal-to- interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) and system spectral efficiency. For a downlink multiuser multiple-input multiple-output system (MU-MIMO), we show that the widely used, yet overly simplified, correlation models which generate fixed correlation patterns for all terminals tend to underestimate the system performance. This is in contrast to more sophisticated, yet physically motivated, remote scattering models that generate variations in the correlation structure across multiple terminals. The remote scattering models are parameterized with measured data from a recent 2.53 GHz urban macrocellular channel measurement campaign in Cologne,... (More)
Spatial correlation across an antenna array is known to be detrimental to the terminal signal-to- interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) and system spectral efficiency. For a downlink multiuser multiple-input multiple-output system (MU-MIMO), we show that the widely used, yet overly simplified, correlation models which generate fixed correlation patterns for all terminals tend to underestimate the system performance. This is in contrast to more sophisticated, yet physically motivated, remote scattering models that generate variations in the correlation structure across multiple terminals. The remote scattering models are parameterized with measured data from a recent 2.53 GHz urban macrocellular channel measurement campaign in Cologne, Germany. Assuming spatially correlated Ricean fading, with maximum-ratio transmission precoding, tight closed-form approximations to the expected (average) SINR, and ergodic sum spectral efficiency are derived. The expressions provide clear insights into the impact of variable correlation patterns on the above performance metrics. Our results demonstrate the sensitivity of the MU-MIMO performance to different correlation models, and provide a cautionary tale of its impact. (Less)
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Spatial correlation, Multiuser systems, Ricean fading, Channel measurements, Massive MIMO
host publication
2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
article number
8422818
pages
7 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2018
conference location
Kansas City, United States
conference dates
2018-05-23 - 2018-05-27
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  • scopus:85051429898
ISBN
978-1-5386-3181-2
978-1-5386-3180-5
DOI
10.1109/ICC.2018.8422818
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English
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  abstract     = {{Spatial correlation across an antenna array is known to be detrimental to the terminal signal-to- interference-plus-noise-ratio (SINR) and system spectral efficiency. For a downlink multiuser multiple-input multiple-output system (MU-MIMO), we show that the widely used, yet overly simplified, correlation models which generate fixed correlation patterns for all terminals tend to underestimate the system performance. This is in contrast to more sophisticated, yet physically motivated, remote scattering models that generate variations in the correlation structure across multiple terminals. The remote scattering models are parameterized with measured data from a recent 2.53 GHz urban macrocellular channel measurement campaign in Cologne, Germany. Assuming spatially correlated Ricean fading, with maximum-ratio transmission precoding, tight closed-form approximations to the expected (average) SINR, and ergodic sum spectral efficiency are derived. The expressions provide clear insights into the impact of variable correlation patterns on the above performance metrics. Our results demonstrate the sensitivity of the MU-MIMO performance to different correlation models, and provide a cautionary tale of its impact.}},
  author       = {{Tataria, Harsh and Smith, Peter J and Molisch, Andreas F. and Sangodoyin, Seun and Matthaiou, Michail and Dmochowski, Pawel A and Zhang, Jianzhong (Charlie) and Thoma, Reiner S}},
  booktitle    = {{2018 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-5386-3181-2}},
  keywords     = {{Spatial correlation; Multiuser systems; Ricean fading; Channel measurements; Massive MIMO}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{05}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Spatial Correlation Variability in Multiuser Systems}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICC.2018.8422818}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ICC.2018.8422818}},
  year         = {{2018}},
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