• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제14권3호
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• pp.77-85
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• 2018

Multi-User Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MU-MIMO) is the core technology for improving the channel capacity compared to Single-User MIMO (SU-MIMO) by using multiuser gain and spatial diversity. Key problem for the MU-MIMO is the user selection which is the grouping the users optimally. To solve this problem, we adopt Extreme Value Theory (EVT) at the beginning of the proposed algorithm, which defines a primary user set instead of a single user that has maximum channel power according to a predetermined threshold. Each user in the primary set is then paired with all of the users in the system to define user groups. By comparing these user groups, the group that produces a maximum sum rate can be determined. Through computer simulations, we have found that the proposed method outperforms the conventional technique yielding a sum rate that is 0.81 bps/Hz higher when the transmit signal to noise ratio (SNR) is 30 dB and the total number of users is 100.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제38A권8호
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• pp.712-723
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• 2013

근래 전 세계적으로 스마트 폰의 수요가 급증하면서 기존의 3G 표준에 비해 높은 데이터 전송률을 제공하는 long term evolution (LTE) 서비스가 활발히 보급되고 있다. 특히, 이동통신 강국인 우리나라는 LTE의 최신 릴리즈인 LTE-Advanced (LTE-A) 서비스를 최근 시작하였다. 높은 데이터 전송률을 얻기 위한 LTE와 LTE-A 시스템의 핵심기술로 다중입출력 안테나 (multiple-input-multiple-output; MIMO)기술을 들 수 있다. MIMO 기술은 주파수와 전력의 증가 없이 안테나 수에 비례하는 채널용량을 얻을 수 있는 장점으로 큰 주목을 받아왔으며 다양한 측면에서 진화 발전이 이루어지고 있다. 본 논문에서는 단일사용자 MIMO에서 다중사용자 MIMO, 그리고 최근 주목받고 있는 대용량 MIMO까지 MIMO기술의 이론적 배경 및 시스템을 구현하기 위해 필요한 고려사항들을 살펴본다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제8권6호
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• pp.1848-1868
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• 2014

Multiple-in multiple-out (MIMO) in long-term evolution (LTE) is an essential factor in achieving high speed data rates and spectral efficiency. The unexpected growth in data rate demand has pushed researchers to extend the benefits of multi-user MIMO. The multi-user MIMO system can take full advantage of channel conditions by employing efficient adjustment techniques for scheduling, and by assigning different modulation and coding rates. However, one of the critical issues affecting this feature is the appropriate estimation of channel quality indicator (CQI) to manage the allocated resources to users. Therefore, an accurate CQI estimation scheme is required for the multi-user MIMO transmission to obtain significant improvements on spectral efficiency. This paper presents overviews of multi-user MIMO in LTE/LTE-advanced systems. The link adaptation, scheduling process, and different factors that affect the reliability of CQI measurements are discussed. State-of-the-art schemes for the post-processing CQI estimation, and the comparisons of various CQI estimation schemes to support multi-user MIMO are also addressed.

• 디지털산업정보학회논문지
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• 제10권1호
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• pp.47-53
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• 2014

LTE-Advanced is the evolved version of LTE which is currently in progress at the 3GPP. At present, as the number of smart phone users is rapidly increasing, the demand for ever more capacity is driven largely by video usage and high quality data communication and so on, this let more researchers study about LTE-A all over the world. LTE-A aims to achieve improved service and communication quality over 3G system at the aspect of throughput, peak data rate, latency, and spectral efficiency. Among various features in LTE-A, the multi-user MIMO(MU-MIMO), in which the base station transmits several streams to multiple receivers, has expected to give better quality for system. In this paper, we investigate performances of various types of downlink receivers with fixed number of antennas. we first review the development process from LTE to LTE-A. Second we introduce TM9 which is adopted in Rel.10 for MU-MIMO system, including the MU-MIMO system model and the explanation on the algorithm used in system. We also have brief introduction about sub-blocking in turbo decoding, finally we compare the performance between the uncoded case and coded case which is using turbo encoding.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제27권6호
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• pp.768-776
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• 2005

We compare the achievable throughput of time division multiple access (TDMA) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) schemes illustrated in the 3rd Generation Partnership Project (3GPP) MIMO technical report, versus the sum-rate capacity of space-time multiple access (STMA). These schemes have been proposed to improve the 3GPP high speed downlink packet access (HSDPA) channel by employing multiple antennas at both the base station and mobile stations. Our comparisons are performed in multi-user environments and are conducted using TDMA such as Qualcomm's High Data Rate and HSDPA, which is a simpler technique than STMA. Furthermore, we present the unified optimal power allocation strategy for HSDPA MIMO schemes by exploiting the similarity of multiple antenna systems and multi-user channel problems.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제11권10호
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• pp.4759-4780
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• 2017

Full Dimension multiple input multiple output (FD-MIMO) architecture employs a planar array design at the Base Station (BS) to provide high order multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) via simultaneous data transmission to large number of users. With FD-MIMO, the BS can also adjust the beam direction in both elevation and azimuth direction to concentrate the energy on the user of interests while minimizing the interference leakage to co-scheduled users in the same cell or users in the neighboring cells. In a typical highly populated macrocell environment, modelling the elevation angular characteristics of three-dimensional (3D) channel is critical to understanding the performance limits of the FD-MIMO system. In this paper, we study the throughput performance of FD-MIMO system with varying elevation angular spread and inter-element spacing using a 3D spatial channel model. Our results show that for a typical urban scenario, horizontal beamforming with correlated antenna spacing achieves optimal performance but by restricting the spread of elevation angles of departure, elevation beamforming achieves high array gain with wide inter-element spacing. We also realize significant gains due to spatial array processing via modelling the elevation domain and varying the inter-element spacing for both the transmitter and receiver.

• 대한전자공학회논문지TC
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• 제49권2호
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• pp.32-38
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• 2012

이3GPP LTE Release 10에서 다중 사용자 환경의 다중 송수신 안테나 시스템을 위한 더티 페이퍼 코딩(Dirty Paper Coding, DPC)을 k user 사용자 채널에서 어떻게 해석하는지를 보였다. 다중 사용자 환경에서 더티 페이퍼 코딩은 송신단에서 모든 사용자와 채널에 대한 정보를 완벽하게 안다고 전제한 후, 미리 예상할 수 있는 모든 간섭을 제거하여 각 사용자에게 정보를 전송한다는 개념이다. 즉, 인접 채널이나 사용자로부터의 간섭을 제거하기 위한 추가적인 전력이 필요하지 않으므로, 더티 페이퍼 코딩을 통하여 가산성 백색 가우시안 잡음 (AWGN) 채널과 동일한 채널 용량을 달성할 수 있다. 본 논문에서는, 세 명의 다중 사용자가 존재하는 통신 환경에서, 대표적인 비선형 전처리 코딩 기법인 Dirty Paper 전처리 코딩이 직교 하삼각 행렬 분해와 Gram Schmidt 직교 정규화 기저를 이용하여 어떻게 채널을 분석하는지를 보였다.

• KSII Transactions on Internet and Information Systems (TIIS)
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• 제15권3호
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• pp.1156-1173
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• 2021

In this paper, we propose a new joint precoder and postcoder design strategy to support multiple streams per user in multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. We propose two step precoding strategies using equal channel gain decomposition and block diagonalization at the transmitter. With the proposed precoder, the multiuser MIMO channel can be decomposed into multiple parallel channels with equal channel gain per user. After applying receive postcoder which is generated and sent by the transmitter, we can use ML based decoder per stream to achieve full receive diversity. Achievable sum rate bound and diversity performance of the proposed algorithm are presented with feedback signaling design and quantitative complexity analysis. Simulation results show that the proposed algorithm asymptotically approaches to the sum rate capacity of the MIMO broadcast channel while maintaining full diversity order.

• ETRI Journal
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• 제39권2호
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• pp.234-244
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• 2017

Research interest in three-dimensional multiple-input multiple-output (3D-MIMO) beamforming has rapidly increased on account of its potential to support high data rates through an array of strategies, including sector or user-specific elevation beamforming and cell-splitting. To evaluate the full performance benefits of 3D and full-dimensional (FD) MIMO beamforming, the 3D character of the real MIMO channel must be modeled with consideration of both the azimuth and elevation domain. Most existing works on the 2D spatial channel model (2D-SCM) assume a wide range for the distribution of elevation angles of departure (eAoDs), which is not practical according to field measurements. In this paper, an optimal FD-MIMO planar array configuration is presented for different practical channel conditions by restricting the eAoDs to a finite range. Using a dynamic network level simulator that employs a complete 3D SCM, we analyze the relationship between the angular spread and sum throughput. In addition, we present an analysis on the optimal antenna configurations for the channels under consideration.

• 한국통신학회논문지
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• 제39A권4호
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• pp.180-187
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• 2014

본 논문에서는, 하향 다중 사용자 MIMO 환경에서 간섭 검출 및 제거를 하기위해 확장된 fixed-complexity sphere decoder (FSD) 알고리즘이 제안되었다. 제안된 알고리즘은, generalized sphere decoder (GSD) 알고리즘을 이용한 채널행렬 확장과 간섭신호와 요구신호를 고려한 채널행렬 순서화를 통해 FSD 알고리즘을 간섭신호 검출에 활용 가능하도록 확장 하였다. IEEE802.11ac의 통신모드 중 네 명의 다중 사용자에게 각각 702 Mbit/s 전송이 가능한 환경의 몬테카를로실험을 통해서, 제안된 알고리즘이 10% packet error rate기준으로 간섭제거 기능이 없는 maximum-likelihood 검출성능 대비 $E_b/N_0$가 약 3 dB 향상됨을 보여주었다.