Space-frequency precoding with space–tap correlation information at the transmitter

Eunchul Yoon*, Jan Hansen, Arogyaswami Paulraj

*Corresponding author for this work

Research output: Contribution to journalArticlepeer-review

Abstract

In closed-loop methods for obtaining exact channel state information at the transmitter (CSI-Tx), the overhead associated with the feedback can be excessive for fast mobiles. Channel statistics-based CSI-Tx requires a much smaller overhead and is, therefore, attractive for use with fast mobiles. We study ways to exploit correlation-based CSI-Tx in a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)-orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) system. We focus on a channel environment in which spatial and tap correlations are present. We propose a channel model for the case that spatial and tap correlations can be separated and show that in this case channel correlation decreases the ergodic capacity of an MIMO-OFDM system when no CSI-Tx is available. However, this decrease can be mitigated when correlation-based CSI-Tx is exploited. We introduce an optimal precoding approach to maximize capacity with spatial and tap correlation-based CSI-Tx. We also propose a statistical waterfilling scheme, which leads to almost optimal capacity performance without requiring computationally intensive numerical optimization. Based on these approaches, the impact of spatial and tap correlations is investigated.
Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1702-1711
JournalIEEE Transactions on Communications
Volume55
Issue number9
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2007
Externally publishedYes

Cite this