On Optimal MMSE Channel Estimation for One-Bit Quantized MIMO Systems

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Auteurs principaux: Ding, Minhua, Atzeni, Italo, Tölli, Antti, Swindlehurst, A. Lee
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author Ding, Minhua
Atzeni, Italo
Tölli, Antti
Swindlehurst, A. Lee
author_facet Ding, Minhua
Atzeni, Italo
Tölli, Antti
Swindlehurst, A. Lee
contents This paper focuses on the minimum mean squared error (MMSE) channel estimator for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with one-bit quantization at the receiver side. Despite its optimality and significance in estimation theory, the MMSE channel estimator has not been fully investigated in this context due to its general non-linearity and computational complexity. Instead, the typically suboptimal Bussgang linear MMSE (BLMMSE) estimator has been widely adopted. In this work, we develop a new framework to compute the MMSE channel estimator that hinges on computation of the orthant probability of the multivariate normal distribution. Based on this framework, we determine a necessary and sufficient condition for the BLMMSE channel estimator to be optimal and equivalent to the MMSE estimator. Under the assumption of specific channel correlation or pilot symbols, we further utilize the framework to derive analytical expressions for the MMSE channel estimator that are particularly convenient for computation when certain system dimensions become large, thereby enabling a comparison between the BLMMSE and MMSE channel estimators in these cases.
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spellingShingle On Optimal MMSE Channel Estimation for One-Bit Quantized MIMO Systems
Ding, Minhua
Atzeni, Italo
Tölli, Antti
Swindlehurst, A. Lee
Information Theory
Signal Processing
94A12, 94A05
This paper focuses on the minimum mean squared error (MMSE) channel estimator for multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with one-bit quantization at the receiver side. Despite its optimality and significance in estimation theory, the MMSE channel estimator has not been fully investigated in this context due to its general non-linearity and computational complexity. Instead, the typically suboptimal Bussgang linear MMSE (BLMMSE) estimator has been widely adopted. In this work, we develop a new framework to compute the MMSE channel estimator that hinges on computation of the orthant probability of the multivariate normal distribution. Based on this framework, we determine a necessary and sufficient condition for the BLMMSE channel estimator to be optimal and equivalent to the MMSE estimator. Under the assumption of specific channel correlation or pilot symbols, we further utilize the framework to derive analytical expressions for the MMSE channel estimator that are particularly convenient for computation when certain system dimensions become large, thereby enabling a comparison between the BLMMSE and MMSE channel estimators in these cases.
title On Optimal MMSE Channel Estimation for One-Bit Quantized MIMO Systems
topic Information Theory
Signal Processing
94A12, 94A05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05536