Pilot-Aided Distributed Multi-Group Multicast Precoding Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO

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Hauptverfasser: Gouda, Bikshapathi, Atzeni, Italo, Tölli, Antti
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author Gouda, Bikshapathi
Atzeni, Italo
Tölli, Antti
author_facet Gouda, Bikshapathi
Atzeni, Italo
Tölli, Antti
contents We propose fully distributed multi-group multicast precoding designs for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with modest training overhead. We target the minimization of the sum of the maximum mean squared errors (MSEs) over the multicast groups, which is then approximated with a weighted sum MSE minimization to simplify the computation and signaling. To design the joint network-wide multi-group multicast precoders at the base stations (BSs) and the combiners at the user equipments (UEs) in a fully distributed fashion, we adopt an iterative bi-directional training scheme with UE-specific or group-specific precoded uplink pilots and group-specific precoded downlink pilots. To this end, we introduce a new group-specific uplink training resource that entirely eliminates the need for backhaul signaling for the channel state information (CSI) exchange. The precoders are optimized locally at each BS by means of either best-response or gradient-based updates, and the convergence of the two approaches is analyzed with respect to the centralized implementation with perfect CSI. Finally, numerical results show that the proposed distributed methods greatly outperform conventional cell-free massive MIMO precoding designs that rely solely on local CSI.
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spellingShingle Pilot-Aided Distributed Multi-Group Multicast Precoding Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO
Gouda, Bikshapathi
Atzeni, Italo
Tölli, Antti
Information Theory
Signal Processing
14J60
F.2.2; I.2.7
We propose fully distributed multi-group multicast precoding designs for cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with modest training overhead. We target the minimization of the sum of the maximum mean squared errors (MSEs) over the multicast groups, which is then approximated with a weighted sum MSE minimization to simplify the computation and signaling. To design the joint network-wide multi-group multicast precoders at the base stations (BSs) and the combiners at the user equipments (UEs) in a fully distributed fashion, we adopt an iterative bi-directional training scheme with UE-specific or group-specific precoded uplink pilots and group-specific precoded downlink pilots. To this end, we introduce a new group-specific uplink training resource that entirely eliminates the need for backhaul signaling for the channel state information (CSI) exchange. The precoders are optimized locally at each BS by means of either best-response or gradient-based updates, and the convergence of the two approaches is analyzed with respect to the centralized implementation with perfect CSI. Finally, numerical results show that the proposed distributed methods greatly outperform conventional cell-free massive MIMO precoding designs that rely solely on local CSI.
title Pilot-Aided Distributed Multi-Group Multicast Precoding Design for Cell-Free Massive MIMO
topic Information Theory
Signal Processing
14J60
F.2.2; I.2.7
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.07172