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Efficient user selection for downlink zero-forcing based multiuser MIMO systems

  • Yalin Zhang*
  • , Bijan Golkar
  • , Elvino S. Sousa
  • , Qinyu Zhang
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology Shenzhen
  • University of Toronto

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Abstract

In a downlink multiuser multiple-input and multiple-output (MU-MIMO) system, a base station (BS) communicates with multiple mobile stations (MS) simultaneously in a given spectrum band. The performance of a MU-MIMO system depends on the choice of user selection, power allocation and precoding schemes. In this paper, we study user selection in Zero-Forcing (ZF) precoding based MU-MIMO systems to maximize the sum rate for high data rate applications. We derive analytical results for simultaneous transmission to two MSs with zero forcing (ZF) precoding, based on which we propose a extended low-complexity algorithm that jointly considers the noise power, the channel gain of the candidate MSs and orthogonality with respect to the selected MSs' channels. Analysis shows that the proposed scheme requires much lower complexity than current schemes. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm outperforms existing algorithms in terms of higher throughput.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2011 IEEE Vehicular Technology Conference Fall, VTC Fall 2011 - Proceedings
DOIs
StatePublished - 2011
Externally publishedYes
EventIEEE 74th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2011 - San Francisco, CA, United States
Duration: 5 Sep 20118 Sep 2011

Publication series

NameIEEE Vehicular Technology Conference
ISSN (Print)1550-2252

Conference

ConferenceIEEE 74th Vehicular Technology Conference, VTC Fall 2011
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Francisco, CA
Period5/09/118/09/11

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