Sum-rate Maximization in Uplink CRAN with a Massive MIMO Fronthaul
Sum-rate Maximization in Uplink CRAN with a Massive MIMO Fronthaul
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DOI:
10.1109/gcwkshps52748.2021.9681970
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2021-10
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Dick Maryopi;Yingjia Huang;A. Ikhlef
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作者:
Dick Maryopi;Yingjia Huang;A. Ikhlef
The limited fronthaul capacity is known to be one of the main problems in cloud radio access networks (CRANs), especially in the wireless fronthaul links. In this paper, we consider the uplink of a CRAN system, where massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) is utilized in the fronthaul link. Considering multi-antenna user equipment (UEs) and multi-antenna remote radio heads (RRHs), we maximize the system sum-rate by jointly optimizing the precoders at the UEs and the quantization noise covariance matrices and transmit powers at the RRHs. To solve the resulting nonconvex problem, an iterative algorithm based on the majorization-minimization (MM) method is proposed. Two schemes at the central unit are considered, namely maximum ratio (MR) and zero-forcing (ZF) combining. Numerical results show that the sum-rate has an asymptotic behaviour with respect to the maximum available power at RRHs and that the MR scheme goes to its asymptote faster than the ZF scheme.