Adaptive Resource Allocation and Capacity Comparison of Downlink Multiuser MIMO-MC-CDMA and MIMO-OFDMA

  • Authors:
  • E. S. Lo;P. W.C. Chan;V. K.N. Lau;R. S. Cheng;K. B. Letaief;R. D. Murch;W. H. Mow

  • Affiliations:
  • Hong Kong Univ. of Sci. & Technol.;-;-;-;-;-;-

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications
  • Year:
  • 2007

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Abstract

In this paper, we examine and compare the potential maximum sum capacity of downlink multiple-input-multiple-output orthogonal frequency division multiple access (MIMO-OFDMA) and multiple-input-multiple-output multicarrier code division multiple access (MIMO-MC-CDMA) in a single-cell multiuser environment with channel side information at the transmitter, with and without a fairness constraint. The resource allocation is formulated as a cross-layer optimization framework and optimal power allocation and user selection algorithms are proposed for both scenarios. We find that for delay-sensitive applications, where fairness is imposed, the performance gain of OFDMA over MC-CDMA is quite large at moderate path loss exponents and number of antennas. However, for delay-insensitive applications, the benefits of OFDMA over MC-CDMA are significantly reduced when the path loss exponent or the number of antennas is large