Effects of channel estimation on multiuser virtual MIMO-OFDMA relay-based networks

  • Authors:
  • Víctor P. Gil Jiménez;Carlos Ribeiro;Atilio Gameiro;Ana García Armada

  • Affiliations:
  • Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain;Instituto de Telecomunicaçoes, Aveiro, Portugal and Instituto Politecnico de Leiria, Leiria, Portugal;Instituto de Telecomunicaçoes, Aveiro, Portugal;Universidad Carlos III de Madrid, Madrid, Spain

  • Venue:
  • EURASIP Journal on Wireless Communications and Networking
  • Year:
  • 2010

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Abstract

A practical multiuser cooperative transmission scheme denoted as Virtual Maximum Ratio Transmission (VMRT) for multipleinput multiple-output-orthogonal frequency division multiple access (MIMO-OFDMA) relay-based networks is proposed and evaluated in the presence of a realistic channel estimation algorithm and using low-density parity-check (LDPC) codes. It is shown that this scheme is robust against channel estimation errors. It offers diversity and array gain, keeping the complexity low with a multiuser and multiantenna channel estimation algorithm that is simple and efficient. In addition, the combination with LDPC codes provides improved gains; diversity gains larger than 6 dB can be easily obtained with a reduced number of relays. Thus, this scheme can be used to extend coverage or increase system throughput by using simple cooperative OFDMA-based relays.