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| author | Freitas, Marx M. M. Buzzi, Stefano |
| author_facet | Freitas, Marx M. M. Buzzi, Stefano |
| contents | This letter investigates the use of differential space-time block coding (DSTBC) to address antenna array calibration impairments at multi-antenna user equipment (UE) in the downlink (DL) of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems. We show that, by exploiting DSTBC, reliable DL communication can be achieved without explicit UE-side calibration or channel phase knowledge. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed DSTBC-based transmission effectively mitigates the impact of antenna-dependent phase offsets, restoring near-coherent performance in CF-mMIMO networks. |
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| spellingShingle | Mitigation of UE Antenna Calibration Errors via Differential STBC in Cell-Free Massive MIMO Freitas, Marx M. M. Buzzi, Stefano Information Theory This letter investigates the use of differential space-time block coding (DSTBC) to address antenna array calibration impairments at multi-antenna user equipment (UE) in the downlink (DL) of cell-free massive MIMO (CF-mMIMO) systems. We show that, by exploiting DSTBC, reliable DL communication can be achieved without explicit UE-side calibration or channel phase knowledge. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed DSTBC-based transmission effectively mitigates the impact of antenna-dependent phase offsets, restoring near-coherent performance in CF-mMIMO networks. |
| title | Mitigation of UE Antenna Calibration Errors via Differential STBC in Cell-Free Massive MIMO |
| topic | Information Theory |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.08962 |