Precoding for the multiantenna downlink: Multiuser SNR gap and optimal user ordering

IEEE Transactions on Communications

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 188-197

  Fung, Chi Hang Fred ^a   Yu, Wei ^a   Lim, Teng Joon ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

Broadcast channel (BC); Multiple antennas; Multiple access channel (MAC); Signal to noise ratio (SNR) gap approximation; Spatial multiplex; Tomlinson Harashima precoding (THP); Uplink downlink duality

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; BIT ERROR RATE; ENCODING (SYMBOLS); MATRIX ALGEBRA; QUADRATURE AMPLITUDE MODULATION; RECEIVING ANTENNAS; SIGNAL TO NOISE RATIO;

BROADCAST CHANNEL; MULTIPLE ANTENNAS; MULTIPLE-ACCESS CHANNEL; SPATIAL MULTIPLEX; TOMLINSON-HASRASHIMA PRECODING; UPLINK-DOWNINK DUALITY;

COMMUNICATION CHANNELS (INFORMATION THEORY);

EID: 33847622547     PISSN: 00906778     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2006.885095     Document Type: Article

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