Spatially coupled LDPC coding and linear precoding for MIMO systems

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Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)3663-3670
Journal / PublicationIEICE Transactions on Communications
VolumeE95-B
Issue number12
Publication statusPublished - Dec 2012

Abstract

In this paper, we present a transmission scheme for a multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) quasi-static fading channel with imperfect channel state information at the transmitter (CSIT). In this scheme, we develop a precoder structure to exploit the available CSIT and apply spatial coupling for further performance enhancement. We derive an analytical evaluation method based on extrinsic information transfer (EXIT) functions, which provides convenience for our precoder design. Furthermore, we observe an area property indicating that, for a spatially coupled system, the iterative receiver can perform error-free decoding even the original uncoupled system has multiple fixed points in its EXIT chart. This observation implies that spatial coupling is useful to alleviate the uncertainty in CSIT which causes difficulty in designing LDPC code based on the EXIT curve matching technique. Numerical results are presented, showing an excellent performance of the proposed scheme in MIMO fading channels with imperfect CSIT. Copyright © 2012 The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers.

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  • EXIT chart, LDPC code, Linear minimum mean-square error, Linear precoding, Message passing detection, MIMO, Spatial coupling

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Spatially coupled LDPC coding and linear precoding for MIMO systems. / Zhang, Zhonghao; Xu, Chongbin; Ping, Li.
In: IEICE Transactions on Communications, Vol. E95-B, No. 12, 12.2012, p. 3663-3670.

Research output: Journal Publications and ReviewsRGC 21 - Publication in refereed journalpeer-review