Joint Parameter Estimation From Binary Observations Over Decentralized Channels

in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2022), 70

In wireless sensor networks, due to the bandwidth constraint, the distributed nodes (DNs) might only provide binary representatives of the source signal, and then transmit them to the central node (CN ... [more ▼]

In wireless sensor networks, due to the bandwidth constraint, the distributed nodes (DNs) might only provide binary representatives of the source signal, and then transmit them to the central node (CN). In this paper, we consider the joint estimation of signal amplitude and background noise variance from binary observations over decentralized channels. We first analyze the Cramér–Rao lower bounds (CRLBs) of the parameters of interest and develop a quasilinear estimator (QLE), in which the desirable estimates can be obtained from several intermediate parameters linearly. Next, we consider a more realistic situation where the decentralized channel is noisy during the data transmission. Based on the error propagation model, the asymptotic analysis shows that the performance of the proposed QLE is mainly dominated by the thresholds of the quantizers, which encourages us to adopt a correlated quantization (CQ) scheme by exploiting the spatial correlation among background noises/channel noises. To ease the implementation of QLE in practice, an adaptive quantization (AQ) scheme is also proposed so as to obtain reasonable selections of the required thresholds. Finally, numerical simulations are provided to validate our theoretical findings. [less ▲]

Coordinated Multicell Multiuser Precoding for Maximizing Weighted Sum Energy Efficiency

in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2014), 62(3), 741-751

Energy efficiency optimization of wireless systems has become urgently important due to its impact on the global carbon footprint. In this paper we investigate energy efficient multicell multiuser ... [more ▼]

Energy efficiency optimization of wireless systems has become urgently important due to its impact on the global carbon footprint. In this paper we investigate energy efficient multicell multiuser precoding design and consider a new criterion of weighted sum energy efficiency, which is defined as the weighted sum of the energy efficiencies of multiple cells. This objective is more general than the existing methods and can satisfy heterogeneous requirements from different kinds of cells, but it is hard to tackle due to its sum-of-ratio form. In order to address this non-convex problem, the user rate is first formulated as a polynomial optimization problem with the test conditional probabilities to be optimized. Based on that, the sum-of-ratio form of the energy efficient precoding problem is transformed into a parameterized polynomial form optimization problem, by which a solution in closed form is achieved through a two-layer optimization. We also show that the proposed iterative algorithm is guaranteed to converge. Numerical results are finally provided to confirm the effectiveness of our energy efficient beamforming algorithm. It is observed that in the low signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) region, the optimal energy efficiency and the optimal sum rate are simultaneously achieved by our algorithm; while in the middle-high SNR region, a certain performance loss in terms of the sum rate is suffered to guarantee the weighed sum energy efficiency. [less ▲]

Exploiting Long-Term Channel Correlation in Limited Feddback SDMA through Channel Phase Codebook

in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2011), 59(3), 1217-1228

Improving channel information quality at the base station (BS) is crucial for the optimization of frequency division duplexed (FDD) multi-antenna multiuser downlink systems with limited feedback. To this ... [more ▼]

Improving channel information quality at the base station (BS) is crucial for the optimization of frequency division duplexed (FDD) multi-antenna multiuser downlink systems with limited feedback. To this end, this paper proposes to estimate a particular representation of channel state information (CSI) at the BS through channel norm feedback and a newly developed channel phase codebook, where the long-term channel correlation is efficiently exploited to improve performance. In particular, the channel representation is decomposed into a gain-related part and a phase-related part, with each of them estimated separately. More specifically, the gain-related part is estimated from the channel norm and channel correlation matrix, while the phase-related part is determined using a channel phase codebook, constructed with the generalized Lloyd algorithm. Using the estimated channel representation, joint optimization of multiuser precoding and opportunistic scheduling is performed to obtain an SDMA transmit scheme. Computer simulation results confirm the advantage of the proposed scheme over state of the art limited feedback SDMA schemes under correlated channel environment. [less ▲]

A Limited Feedback Joint Precoding for Amplify-and-Forward Relaying

in IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing (2010), 58(3), 1347-1357

This paper deals with the practical precoding design for a dual hop downlink with multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) amplify-and-forward relaying. First, assuming that full channel state information ... [more ▼]

This paper deals with the practical precoding design for a dual hop downlink with multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) amplify-and-forward relaying. First, assuming that full channel state information (CSI) of the two hop channels is available, a suboptimal dual hop joint precoding scheme, i.e., precoding at both the base station and relay station, is investigated. Based on its structure, a scheme of limited feedback joint precoding using joint codebooks is then proposed, which uses a distributed codeword selection to concurrently choose two joint precoders such that the feedback delay is considerably decreased. Finally, the joint codebook design for the limited feedback joint precoding system is analyzed, and results reveal that independent codebook designs at the base station and relay station using the conventional Grassmannian subspace packing method is able to guarantee that the overall performance of the dual hop joint precoding scheme improves with the size of each of the two codebooks. Simulation results show that the proposed dual hop joint precoding system using distributed codeword selection scheme exhibits a rate or BER performance close to the one using the optimal centralized codeword selection scheme, while having lower computational complexity and shorter feedback delay. [less ▲]

A codebook-based precoding for dual-hop downlink with MIMO amplify-and-forward relaying

in Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications, 2009. SPAWC '09. IEEE 10th Workshop on (2009)

This paper deals with the practical precoding design for a two-hop downlink with MIMO amplify-and-forward relaying. A novel scheme of codebook-based joint precoding at both the base station and the relay ... [more ▼]

This paper deals with the practical precoding design for a two-hop downlink with MIMO amplify-and-forward relaying. A novel scheme of codebook-based joint precoding at both the base station and the relay station is first presented, in which a distributed codeword selection is proposed to concurrently choose two joint precoders such that the feedback delay is considerably reduced. Then, the joint codebook design in such a joint precoding system is analyzed, revealing that independent codebook designs at the base station and relay station using the conventional Grassmannian subspace packing method is able to guarantee that the overall performance improves with either size of two codebooks. The excellent performances of the proposed scheme, in terms of both the sum rate and the BER, are finally confirmed with computational simulations. [less ▲]