Capacity of beamforming with limited training and feedback

Wiroonsak Santipach*, Michael L. Honig

*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

We examine the capacity of beamforming over a Multi-Input/Single-Output block Rayleigh fading channel with finite training for channel estimation and limited feedback. A fixed-length packet is assumed, which is spanned by T training symbols, B feedback bits, and the data symbols. The training symbols are used to obtain a Minimum Mean Squared Error (MMSE) estimate of the channel vector. Given this estimate, the receiver selects a transmit beamforming vector from a codebook containing 2B i.i.d. random vectors, and relays the corresponding B bits back to the transmitter. We derive bounds on the capacity and show that for a large number of transmit antennas Nt, the optimal T and B, which maximize the bounds, are approximately equal and both increase as Nt/log Nt. We conclude that with limited training and feedback, the optimal number of antennas to activate also increases as N t/log Nt.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publicationProceedings - 2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006
Pages376-380
Number of pages5
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Event2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006 - Seattle, WA, United States
Duration: Jul 9 2006Jul 14 2006

Publication series

NameIEEE International Symposium on Information Theory - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2157-8101

Other

Other2006 IEEE International Symposium on Information Theory, ISIT 2006
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySeattle, WA
Period7/9/067/14/06

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Theoretical Computer Science
  • Information Systems
  • Modeling and Simulation
  • Applied Mathematics

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