Rethinking Hardware Impairments in Multi-User Systems: Can FAS Make a Difference?

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Main Authors: Yao, Junteng, Wu, Tuo, Zhou, Liaoshi, Jin, Ming, Pan, Cunhua, Elkashlan, Maged, Adachi, Fumiyuki, Karagiannidis, George K., Al-Dhahir, Naofal, Yuen, Chau
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author Yao, Junteng
Wu, Tuo
Zhou, Liaoshi
Jin, Ming
Pan, Cunhua
Elkashlan, Maged
Adachi, Fumiyuki
Karagiannidis, George K.
Al-Dhahir, Naofal
Yuen, Chau
author_facet Yao, Junteng
Wu, Tuo
Zhou, Liaoshi
Jin, Ming
Pan, Cunhua
Elkashlan, Maged
Adachi, Fumiyuki
Karagiannidis, George K.
Al-Dhahir, Naofal
Yuen, Chau
contents In this paper, we analyze the role of fluid antenna systems (FAS) in multi-user systems with hardware impairments (HIs). Specifically, we investigate a scenario where a base station (BS) equipped with multiple fluid antennas communicates with multiple users (CUs), each equipped with a single fluid antenna. Our objective is to maximize the minimum communication rate among all users by jointly optimizing the BS's transmit beamforming, the positions of its transmit fluid antennas, and the positions of the CUs' receive fluid antennas. To address this non-convex problem, we propose a block coordinate descent (BCD) algorithm integrating semidefinite relaxation (SDR), rank-one constraint relaxation (SRCR), successive convex approximation (SCA), and majorization-minimization (MM). Simulation results demonstrate that FAS significantly enhances system performance and robustness, with notable gains when both the BS and CUs are equipped with fluid antennas. Even under low transmit power conditions, deploying FAS at the BS alone yields substantial performance gains. However, the effectiveness of FAS depends on the availability of sufficient movement space, as space constraints may limit its benefits compared to fixed antenna strategies. Our findings highlight the potential of FAS to mitigate HIs and enhance multi-user system performance, while emphasizing the need for practical deployment considerations.
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spellingShingle Rethinking Hardware Impairments in Multi-User Systems: Can FAS Make a Difference?
Yao, Junteng
Wu, Tuo
Zhou, Liaoshi
Jin, Ming
Pan, Cunhua
Elkashlan, Maged
Adachi, Fumiyuki
Karagiannidis, George K.
Al-Dhahir, Naofal
Yuen, Chau
Signal Processing
In this paper, we analyze the role of fluid antenna systems (FAS) in multi-user systems with hardware impairments (HIs). Specifically, we investigate a scenario where a base station (BS) equipped with multiple fluid antennas communicates with multiple users (CUs), each equipped with a single fluid antenna. Our objective is to maximize the minimum communication rate among all users by jointly optimizing the BS's transmit beamforming, the positions of its transmit fluid antennas, and the positions of the CUs' receive fluid antennas. To address this non-convex problem, we propose a block coordinate descent (BCD) algorithm integrating semidefinite relaxation (SDR), rank-one constraint relaxation (SRCR), successive convex approximation (SCA), and majorization-minimization (MM). Simulation results demonstrate that FAS significantly enhances system performance and robustness, with notable gains when both the BS and CUs are equipped with fluid antennas. Even under low transmit power conditions, deploying FAS at the BS alone yields substantial performance gains. However, the effectiveness of FAS depends on the availability of sufficient movement space, as space constraints may limit its benefits compared to fixed antenna strategies. Our findings highlight the potential of FAS to mitigate HIs and enhance multi-user system performance, while emphasizing the need for practical deployment considerations.
title Rethinking Hardware Impairments in Multi-User Systems: Can FAS Make a Difference?
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.15843