2016
Vázquez, Manuel A; Míguez, Joaquín
On the Use of the Channel Second-Order Statistics in MMSE Receivers for Time- and Frequency-Selective MIMO Transmission Systems Artículo de revista
En: EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking, vol. 2016, no 1, 2016.
Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: data estimation, Joint channel, Journal, MIMO, MMSE, Second-order statistics
@article{Vazquez2016,
title = {On the Use of the Channel Second-Order Statistics in MMSE Receivers for Time- and Frequency-Selective MIMO Transmission Systems},
author = {Manuel A V\'{a}zquez and Joaqu\'{i}n M\'{i}guez},
url = {http://jwcn.eurasipjournals.springeropen.com/articles/10.1186/s13638-016-0768-0},
doi = {10.1186/s13638-016-0768-0},
year = {2016},
date = {2016-12-01},
journal = {EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking},
volume = {2016},
number = {1},
publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
abstract = {Equalization of unknown frequency- and time-selective multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channels is often carried out by means of decision feedback receivers. These consist of a channel estimator and a linear filter (for the estimation of the transmitted symbols), interconnected by a feedback loop through a symbol-wise threshold detector. The linear filter is often a minimum mean square error (MMSE) filter, and its mathematical expression involves second-order statistics (SOS) of the channel, which are usually ignored by simply assuming that the channel is a known (deterministic) parameter given by an estimate thereof. This appears to be suboptimal and in this work we investigate the kind of performance gains that can be expected when the MMSE equalizer is obtained using SOS of the channel process. As a result, we demonstrate that improvements of several dBs in the signal-to-noise ratio needed to achieve a prescribed symbol error rate are possible.},
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Equalization of unknown frequency- and time-selective multiple input multiple output (MIMO) channels is often carried out by means of decision feedback receivers. These consist of a channel estimator and a linear filter (for the estimation of the transmitted symbols), interconnected by a feedback loop through a symbol-wise threshold detector. The linear filter is often a minimum mean square error (MMSE) filter, and its mathematical expression involves second-order statistics (SOS) of the channel, which are usually ignored by simply assuming that the channel is a known (deterministic) parameter given by an estimate thereof. This appears to be suboptimal and in this work we investigate the kind of performance gains that can be expected when the MMSE equalizer is obtained using SOS of the channel process. As a result, we demonstrate that improvements of several dBs in the signal-to-noise ratio needed to achieve a prescribed symbol error rate are possible.
2013
Alvarado, Alex; Brannstrom, Fredrik; Agrell, Erik; Koch, Tobias
High-SNR Asymptotics of Mutual Information for Discrete Constellations Proceedings Article
En: 2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, pp. 2274–2278, IEEE, Istanbul, 2013, ISSN: 2157-8095.
Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: AWGN channels, discrete constellations, Entropy, Fading, Gaussian Q-function, high-SNR asymptotics, IP networks, least mean squares methods, minimum mean-square error, MMSE, Mutual information, scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel, Signal to noise ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, Upper bound
@inproceedings{Alvarado2013b,
title = {High-SNR Asymptotics of Mutual Information for Discrete Constellations},
author = {Alex Alvarado and Fredrik Brannstrom and Erik Agrell and Tobias Koch},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=6620631},
issn = {2157-8095},
year = {2013},
date = {2013-01-01},
booktitle = {2013 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory},
pages = {2274--2278},
publisher = {IEEE},
address = {Istanbul},
abstract = {The asymptotic behavior of the mutual information (MI) at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for discrete constellations over the scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel is studied. Exact asymptotic expressions for the MI for arbitrary one-dimensional constellations and input distributions are presented in the limit as the SNR tends to infinity. Asymptotics of the minimum mean-square error (MMSE) are also developed. It is shown that for any input distribution, the MI and the MMSE have an asymptotic behavior proportional to a Gaussian Q-function, whose argument depends on the minimum Euclidean distance of the constellation and the SNR. Closed-form expressions for the coefficients of these Q-functions are calculated.},
keywords = {AWGN channels, discrete constellations, Entropy, Fading, Gaussian Q-function, high-SNR asymptotics, IP networks, least mean squares methods, minimum mean-square error, MMSE, Mutual information, scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel, Signal to noise ratio, signal-to-noise ratio, Upper bound},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
The asymptotic behavior of the mutual information (MI) at high signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) for discrete constellations over the scalar additive white Gaussian noise channel is studied. Exact asymptotic expressions for the MI for arbitrary one-dimensional constellations and input distributions are presented in the limit as the SNR tends to infinity. Asymptotics of the minimum mean-square error (MMSE) are also developed. It is shown that for any input distribution, the MI and the MMSE have an asymptotic behavior proportional to a Gaussian Q-function, whose argument depends on the minimum Euclidean distance of the constellation and the SNR. Closed-form expressions for the coefficients of these Q-functions are calculated.
2009
Murillo-Fuentes, Juan Jose; Perez-Cruz, Fernando
Gaussian Process Regressors for Multiuser Detection in DS-CDMA Systems Artículo de revista
En: IEEE Transactions on Communications, vol. 57, no 8, pp. 2339–2347, 2009, ISSN: 0090-6778.
Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: analytical nonlinear multiuser detectors, code division multiple access, communication systems, Detectors, digital communication, digital communications, DS-CDMA systems, Gaussian process for regressi, Gaussian process regressors, Gaussian processes, GPR, Ground penetrating radar, least mean squares methods, maximum likelihood, maximum likelihood detection, maximum likelihood estimation, mean square error methods, minimum mean square error, MMSE, Multiaccess communication, Multiuser detection, nonlinear estimator, nonlinear state-ofthe- art solutions, radio receivers, Receivers, regression analysis, Support vector machines
@article{Murillo-Fuentes2009,
title = {Gaussian Process Regressors for Multiuser Detection in DS-CDMA Systems},
author = {Juan Jose Murillo-Fuentes and Fernando Perez-Cruz},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=5201027},
issn = {0090-6778},
year = {2009},
date = {2009-01-01},
journal = {IEEE Transactions on Communications},
volume = {57},
number = {8},
pages = {2339--2347},
abstract = {In this paper we present Gaussian processes for Regression (GPR) as a novel detector for CDMA digital communications. Particularly, we propose GPR for constructing analytical nonlinear multiuser detectors in CDMA communication systems. GPR can easily compute the parameters that describe its nonlinearities by maximum likelihood. Thereby, no cross-validation is needed, as it is typically used in nonlinear estimation procedures. The GPR solution is analytical, given its parameters, and it does not need to solve an optimization problem for building the nonlinear estimator. These properties provide fast and accurate learning, two major issues in digital communications. The GPR with a linear decision function can be understood as a regularized MMSE detector, in which the regularization parameter is optimally set. We also show the GPR receiver to be a straightforward nonlinear extension of the linear minimum mean square error (MMSE) criterion, widely used in the design of these receivers. We argue the benefits of this new approach in short codes CDMA systems where little information on the users' codes, users' amplitudes or the channel is available. The paper includes some experiments to show that GPR outperforms linear (MMSE) and nonlinear (SVM) state-ofthe- art solutions.},
keywords = {analytical nonlinear multiuser detectors, code division multiple access, communication systems, Detectors, digital communication, digital communications, DS-CDMA systems, Gaussian process for regressi, Gaussian process regressors, Gaussian processes, GPR, Ground penetrating radar, least mean squares methods, maximum likelihood, maximum likelihood detection, maximum likelihood estimation, mean square error methods, minimum mean square error, MMSE, Multiaccess communication, Multiuser detection, nonlinear estimator, nonlinear state-ofthe- art solutions, radio receivers, Receivers, regression analysis, Support vector machines},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {article}
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In this paper we present Gaussian processes for Regression (GPR) as a novel detector for CDMA digital communications. Particularly, we propose GPR for constructing analytical nonlinear multiuser detectors in CDMA communication systems. GPR can easily compute the parameters that describe its nonlinearities by maximum likelihood. Thereby, no cross-validation is needed, as it is typically used in nonlinear estimation procedures. The GPR solution is analytical, given its parameters, and it does not need to solve an optimization problem for building the nonlinear estimator. These properties provide fast and accurate learning, two major issues in digital communications. The GPR with a linear decision function can be understood as a regularized MMSE detector, in which the regularization parameter is optimally set. We also show the GPR receiver to be a straightforward nonlinear extension of the linear minimum mean square error (MMSE) criterion, widely used in the design of these receivers. We argue the benefits of this new approach in short codes CDMA systems where little information on the users' codes, users' amplitudes or the channel is available. The paper includes some experiments to show that GPR outperforms linear (MMSE) and nonlinear (SVM) state-ofthe- art solutions.
2008
Perez-Cruz, Fernando; Rodrigues, Miguel R D; Verdu, Sergio
Optimal Precoding for Digital Subscriber Lines Proceedings Article
En: 2008 IEEE International Conference on Communications, pp. 1200–1204, IEEE, Beijing, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2075-9.
Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: Bit error rate, channel matrix diagonalization, Communications Society, Computer science, digital subscriber lines, DSL, Equations, fixed-point equation, Gaussian channels, least mean squares methods, linear codes, matrix algebra, MIMO, MIMO communication, MIMO Gaussian channel, minimum mean squared error method, MMSE, multiple-input multiple-output communication, Mutual information, optimal linear precoder, precoding, Telecommunications, Telephony
@inproceedings{Perez-Cruz2008a,
title = {Optimal Precoding for Digital Subscriber Lines},
author = {Fernando Perez-Cruz and Miguel R D Rodrigues and Sergio Verdu},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=4533270},
isbn = {978-1-4244-2075-9},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-01-01},
booktitle = {2008 IEEE International Conference on Communications},
pages = {1200--1204},
publisher = {IEEE},
address = {Beijing},
abstract = {We determine the linear precoding policy that maximizes the mutual information for general multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Gaussian channels with arbitrary input distributions, by capitalizing on the relationship between mutual information and minimum mean squared error (MMSE). The optimal linear precoder can be computed by means of a fixed- point equation as a function of the channel and the input constellation. We show that diagonalizing the channel matrix does not maximize the information transmission rate for nonGaussian inputs. A full precoding matrix may significantly increase the information transmission rate, even for parallel non-interacting channels. We illustrate the application of our results to typical Gigabit DSL systems.},
keywords = {Bit error rate, channel matrix diagonalization, Communications Society, Computer science, digital subscriber lines, DSL, Equations, fixed-point equation, Gaussian channels, least mean squares methods, linear codes, matrix algebra, MIMO, MIMO communication, MIMO Gaussian channel, minimum mean squared error method, MMSE, multiple-input multiple-output communication, Mutual information, optimal linear precoder, precoding, Telecommunications, Telephony},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
We determine the linear precoding policy that maximizes the mutual information for general multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) Gaussian channels with arbitrary input distributions, by capitalizing on the relationship between mutual information and minimum mean squared error (MMSE). The optimal linear precoder can be computed by means of a fixed- point equation as a function of the channel and the input constellation. We show that diagonalizing the channel matrix does not maximize the information transmission rate for nonGaussian inputs. A full precoding matrix may significantly increase the information transmission rate, even for parallel non-interacting channels. We illustrate the application of our results to typical Gigabit DSL systems.
Rodrigues, Miguel R D; Perez-Cruz, Fernando; Verdu, Sergio
Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Gaussian Channels: Optimal Covariance for Non-Gaussian Inputs Proceedings Article
En: 2008 IEEE Information Theory Workshop, pp. 445–449, IEEE, Porto, 2008, ISBN: 978-1-4244-2269-2.
Resumen | Enlaces | BibTeX | Etiquetas: Binary phase shift keying, covariance matrices, Covariance matrix, deterministic MIMO Gaussian channel, fixed-point equation, Gaussian channels, Gaussian noise, Information rates, intersymbol interference, least mean squares methods, Magnetic recording, mercury-waterfilling power allocation policy, MIMO, MIMO communication, minimum mean-squared error, MMSE, MMSE matrix, multiple-input multiple-output system, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems, Mutual information, Optimal Input Covariance, Optimization, Telecommunications
@inproceedings{Rodrigues2008,
title = {Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Gaussian Channels: Optimal Covariance for Non-Gaussian Inputs},
author = {Miguel R D Rodrigues and Fernando Perez-Cruz and Sergio Verdu},
url = {http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/lpdocs/epic03/wrapper.htm?arnumber=4578704},
isbn = {978-1-4244-2269-2},
year = {2008},
date = {2008-01-01},
booktitle = {2008 IEEE Information Theory Workshop},
pages = {445--449},
publisher = {IEEE},
address = {Porto},
abstract = {We investigate the input covariance that maximizes the mutual information of deterministic multiple-input multipleo-utput (MIMO) Gaussian channels with arbitrary (not necessarily Gaussian) input distributions, by capitalizing on the relationship between the gradient of the mutual information and the minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) matrix. We show that the optimal input covariance satisfies a simple fixed-point equation involving key system quantities, including the MMSE matrix. We also specialize the form of the optimal input covariance to the asymptotic regimes of low and high snr. We demonstrate that in the low-snr regime the optimal covariance fully correlates the inputs to better combat noise. In contrast, in the high-snr regime the optimal covariance is diagonal with diagonal elements obeying the generalized mercury/waterfilling power allocation policy. Numerical results illustrate that covariance optimization may lead to significant gains with respect to conventional strategies based on channel diagonalization followed by mercury/waterfilling or waterfilling power allocation, particularly in the regimes of medium and high snr.},
keywords = {Binary phase shift keying, covariance matrices, Covariance matrix, deterministic MIMO Gaussian channel, fixed-point equation, Gaussian channels, Gaussian noise, Information rates, intersymbol interference, least mean squares methods, Magnetic recording, mercury-waterfilling power allocation policy, MIMO, MIMO communication, minimum mean-squared error, MMSE, MMSE matrix, multiple-input multiple-output system, Multiple-Input Multiple-Output Systems, Mutual information, Optimal Input Covariance, Optimization, Telecommunications},
pubstate = {published},
tppubtype = {inproceedings}
}
We investigate the input covariance that maximizes the mutual information of deterministic multiple-input multipleo-utput (MIMO) Gaussian channels with arbitrary (not necessarily Gaussian) input distributions, by capitalizing on the relationship between the gradient of the mutual information and the minimum mean-squared error (MMSE) matrix. We show that the optimal input covariance satisfies a simple fixed-point equation involving key system quantities, including the MMSE matrix. We also specialize the form of the optimal input covariance to the asymptotic regimes of low and high snr. We demonstrate that in the low-snr regime the optimal covariance fully correlates the inputs to better combat noise. In contrast, in the high-snr regime the optimal covariance is diagonal with diagonal elements obeying the generalized mercury/waterfilling power allocation policy. Numerical results illustrate that covariance optimization may lead to significant gains with respect to conventional strategies based on channel diagonalization followed by mercury/waterfilling or waterfilling power allocation, particularly in the regimes of medium and high snr.