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Optimal Number of Base Station Antennas and Users in MF Based Multiuser Massive MIMO Systems

MF 기반 다중 사용자 Massive MIMO 시스템의 최적 기지국 안테나 수 및 사용자 수 분석

  • 정민채 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과) ;
  • 최수용 (연세대학교 전기전자공학과)
  • Received : 2013.06.17
  • Accepted : 2013.08.19
  • Published : 2013.08.30
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Abstract

In this paper, we analyze a performance of multiuser massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) system. We derive the ergodic cell capacity based on a downlink frame structure and analyze the ergodic cell capacity with respect to the number of base station (BS) antennas and the number of users. This paper shows that the ergodic cell capacity is a concave function with respect to the number of BS antennas and the number of users, and also derives the optimal numbers of BS antennas and users for the maximum cell capacity. The simulation results verify the derived analyses and show that the derived numbers of BS antennas and users provide the maximum cell capacity.

본 논문은 다중 사용자 (multiuser) 다중 안테나 (MIMO, multiple-input and multiple-output) 시스템을 기반으로 거대 안테나 시스템 (massive MIMO system)에 대한 성능 분석을 진행한다. 하향 링크 프레임 구조를 고려한 평균 셀 용량을 도출하고, 해당 평균 셀 용량을 기지국 안테나 수 및 사용자 수에 대하여 분석한다. 평균 셀 용량은 기지국 안테나 수 및 사용자 수에 대해 오목 함수 (concave function)이며 이러한 특징을 통해 최적의 기지국 안테나 수 및 사용자 수를 도출한다. 실험 결과를 통해 수식적으로 도출한 최적 안테나 수 및 사용자 수는 실험을 통한 최적 값과 일치함을 확인하였으며 도출한 최적 값을 통해 최대 값의 평균 셀 용량을 얻을 수 있음을 확인할 수 있다.

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