Near-Optimal Interference Exploitation 1-Bit Massive MIMO Precoding via Partial Branch-and-Bound

In this paper, we focus on 1-bit precoding for large-scale antenna systems in the downlink based on the concept of constructive interference (CI). By formulating the optimization problem that aims to maximize the CI effect subject to the 1-bit constraint on the transmit signals, we mathematically pr...

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Main Authors Li, Ang, Liu, Fan, Masouros, Christos, Li, Yonghui, Vucetic, Branka
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published 13.02.2020
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Computer Science - Information Theory
Mathematics - Information Theory
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DOI10.48550/arxiv.2002.05391

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Summary:In this paper, we focus on 1-bit precoding for large-scale antenna systems in the downlink based on the concept of constructive interference (CI). By formulating the optimization problem that aims to maximize the CI effect subject to the 1-bit constraint on the transmit signals, we mathematically prove that, when relaxing the 1-bit constraint, the majority of the obtained transmit signals already satisfy the 1-bit constraint. Based on this important observation, we propose a 1-bit precoding method via a partial branch-and-bound (P-BB) approach, where the BB procedure is only performed for the entries that do not comply with the 1-bit constraint. The proposed P-BB enables the use of the BB framework in large-scale antenna scenarios, which was not applicable due to its prohibitive complexity. Numerical results demonstrate a near-optimal error rate performance for the proposed 1-bit precoding algorithm.
DOI:10.48550/arxiv.2002.05391