Achievable rates of hybrid architectures with few-bit ADC receivers

Jianhua Mo, Ahmed Alkhateeb, Shadi Abu-Surra, Robert W. Heath

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Abstract

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) will likely be a key component of future wireless systems. This is thanks to its large multiplexing and beamforming gains which are essential for both mmWave and low frequency systems. Hybrid analog/digital architecture and receivers with low-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs) are two solutions that were proposed to reduce the cost and power consumption. The work done so far on these two architectures, though, represent two extreme cases in which either small number of RF chains with full-resolution ADCs or low-resolution ADC with a number of RF chains equal to the number of antennas is assumed. In this paper, the generalized hybrid architecture with a small number of RF chains and arbitrary resolution ADCs is considered. For this architecture, the spectral efficiency is analyzed and the achievable rates with channel inversion and SVD based transmission methods are derived. The achievable rate is comparable to that achieved by full-precision ADC receiver at low and medium SNR.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationWSA 2016 - 20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas
PublisherVDE Verlag GmbH
Pages194-201
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9783800741779
StatePublished - 2019
Externally publishedYes
Event20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas, WSA 2016 - Munich, Germany
Duration: Mar 9 2016Mar 11 2016

Publication series

NameWSA 2016 - 20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas

Conference

Conference20th International ITG Workshop on Smart Antennas, WSA 2016
Country/TerritoryGermany
CityMunich
Period3/9/163/11/16

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Networks and Communications
  • Instrumentation

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