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Analysis over Spectral Efficiency and Power Scaling in Massive MIMO Dual-Hop Systems with Multi-Pair Users

Yi WANG, Baofeng JI, Yongming HUANG, Chunguo LI, Ying HU, Yewang QIAN, Luxi YANG

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This paper considers a massive multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) relaying system with multi-pair single-antenna users. The relay node adopts maximum-ratio combining/maximum-ratio transmission (MRC/MRT) stratagem for reception/transmission. We analyze the spectral efficiency (SE) and power scaling laws with respect to the number of relay antennas and other system parameters. First, by using the law of large numbers, we derive the closed-form expression of the SE, based on which, it is shown that the SE per user increases with the number of relay antennas but decreases with the number of user pairs, both logarithmically. It is further discovered that the transmit power at the source users and the relay can be continuously reduced as the number of relay antennas becomes large while the SE can maintains a constant value, which also means that the energy efficiency gain can be obtained simultaneously. Moreover, it is proved that the number of served user pairs can grow proportionally over the number of relay antennas with arbitrary SE requirement and no extra power cost. All the analytical results are verified through the numerical simulations.

Publication
IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Fundamentals Vol.E99-A No.9 pp.1665-1673
Publication Date
2016/09/01
Publicized
Online ISSN
1745-1337
DOI
10.1587/transfun.E99.A.1665
Type of Manuscript
PAPER
Category
Information Theory

Authors

Yi WANG
  Southeast University
Baofeng JI
  Henan University of Science and Technology
Yongming HUANG
  Southeast University
Chunguo LI
  Southeast University
Ying HU
  Jiangsu University of Science and Technology
Yewang QIAN
  Chizhou University
Luxi YANG
  Southeast University

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