Journal Name:
- International Journal of Innovation and Applied Studies
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Abstract (2. Language):
The forthcoming wireless communication networks, commonly referred to as fourth generation (4G) systems, are
expected to support extremely high data rates as close as possible to the theoretical channel capacity while satisfying quality
of service (QoS) constraints. The development of these systems must take into account the problem of limited radio
resources and the harshness of wireless channel conditions. Two emerging technologies that are potential candidates for 4G
wireless networks are multiuser multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) wireless systems and orthogonal frequency
division multiplexing (OFDM). The MU-MIMO technique allows the spatial multiplexing gain at the base station to be
obtained without the need for multiple antenna terminals, thereby allowing multiple users to receive data over the downlink
simultaneously. The use of OFDM provides protection against intersymbol interference (ISI) and allows high data rates to be
achieved. Linear precoding schemes for MU-MIMO wireless systems, e.g., zero forcing beamforming (ZF-BF) and minimum
mean squared error beamforming (MMSE-BF), have been widely concerned for their high performance in single-carrier MUMIMO
networks where a base station attempts to communicate simultaneously with multiple users. In this paper, we
evaluate and extend the ZF-BF and MMSE-BF schemes from single-carrier MU-MIMO to multicarrier MU-MIMO architecture
based on OFDM, i.e., MU-MIMO-OFDM system, assuming the availability of channel state information (CSI) at the
transmitter. Numerical results demonstrate that both introduced linear precoding strategies provide a higher sum-rate
capacity improvement compared to a conventional MU-MIMO-OFDM system where the users are served on a time division
multiple access (TDMA) basis.
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