On the Total Energy Efficiency of Cell-Free Massive MIMO

We consider the cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink, where a very large number of distributed multiple-antenna access points (APs) serve many single-antenna users in the same time-frequency resource. A simple (distributed) conjugate beamforming scheme is applied at each...

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Published inIEEE transactions on green communications and networking Vol. 2; no. 1; pp. 25 - 39
Main Authors Ngo, Hien Quoc, Tran, Le-Nam, Duong, Trung Q., Matthaiou, Michail, Larsson, Erik G.
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Published Piscataway IEEE 01.03.2018
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Abstract We consider the cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink, where a very large number of distributed multiple-antenna access points (APs) serve many single-antenna users in the same time-frequency resource. A simple (distributed) conjugate beamforming scheme is applied at each AP via the use of local channel state information (CSI). This CSI is acquired through time-division duplex operation and the reception of uplink training signals transmitted by the users. We derive a closed-form expression for the spectral efficiency taking into account the effects of channel estimation errors and power control. This closed-form result enables us to analyze the effects of backhaul power consumption, the number of APs, and the number of antennas per AP on the total energy efficiency, as well as, to design an optimal power allocation algorithm. The optimal power allocation algorithm aims at maximizing the total energy efficiency, subject to a per-user spectral efficiency constraint and a per-AP power constraint. Compared with the equal power control, our proposed power allocation scheme can double the total energy efficiency. Furthermore, we propose AP selections schemes, in which each user chooses a subset of APs, to reduce the power consumption caused by the backhaul links. With our proposed AP selection schemes, the total energy efficiency increases significantly, especially for large numbers of APs. Moreover, under a requirement of good quality-of-service for all users, cell-free massive MIMO outperforms the colocated counterpart in terms of energy efficiency.
AbstractList We consider the cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) downlink, where a very large number of distributed multiple-antenna access points (APs) serve many single-antenna users in the same time-frequency resource. A simple (distributed) conjugate beamforming scheme is applied at each AP via the use of local channel state information (CSI). This CSI is acquired through time-division duplex operation and the reception of uplink training signals transmitted by the users. We derive a closed-form expression for the spectral efficiency taking into account the effects of channel estimation errors and power control. This closed-form result enables us to analyze the effects of backhaul power consumption, the number of APs, and the number of antennas per AP on the total energy efficiency, as well as, to design an optimal power allocation algorithm. The optimal power allocation algorithm aims at maximizing the total energy efficiency, subject to a per-user spectral efficiency constraint and a per-AP power constraint. Compared with the equal power control, our proposed power allocation scheme can double the total energy efficiency. Furthermore, we propose AP selections schemes, in which each user chooses a subset of APs, to reduce the power consumption caused by the backhaul links. With our proposed AP selection schemes, the total energy efficiency increases significantly, especially for large numbers of APs. Moreover, under a requirement of good quality-of-service for all users, cell-free massive MIMO outperforms the colocated counterpart in terms of energy efficiency.
Author Tran, Le-Nam
Duong, Trung Q.
Ngo, Hien Quoc
Larsson, Erik G.
Matthaiou, Michail
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SubjectTerms Algorithms
antenna arrays
Antennas
AP selection schemes
array signal processing
backhaul power consumption
Beamforming
Cell-free massive MIMO
cell-free massive multiple input multiple output downlink
Channel estimation
channel estimation errors
Closed form solutions
closed-form expression
Communication channels
conjugate beamforming
conjugate beamforming scheme
distributed multiple-antenna access points
Downlink
Duplex operation
energy conservation
Energy efficiency
Exact solutions
massive MIMO
Mathematical analysis
MIMO
MIMO (control systems)
MIMO communication
network MIMO
optimal power allocation algorithm
Optimization
per-AP power constraint
per-user spectral efficiency constraint
power allocation scheme
Power consumption
Power control
Power demand
Power efficiency
Power management
quality of service
single-antenna users
spectral efficiency
telecommunication power management
time-division duplex operation
total energy efficiency
Uplink
wireless channels
Title On the Total Energy Efficiency of Cell-Free Massive MIMO
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