TY - GEN
T1 - Degrees of Freedom of Asymmetrical Multi-Way Relay Networks
AU - Sun, Fan
AU - De Carvalho, Elisabeth
PY - 2011/6
Y1 - 2011/6
N2 - In this paper, we introduce an asymmetrical multi-way relay channel where a base station conveys independent symbols to K different users while receiving independent symbols from the users. In this network, user i Shas Mi antennas (i ∈ [1, ..., K]), the base station has Σi=1K Mi antennas and the relay is equipped with NR antennas. To study the capacity of this network, the degree of freedom (DOF) is characterized to be 2 Σi=1K Mi if NR ≥ Σi=1K Mi. The DOF implies that the number of symbols any transmitter can deliver and receive is equivalent to its number of antennas. The DOF is achievable with a proposed joint multiple access and broadcast precoding design using the signal space alignment concept.
AB - In this paper, we introduce an asymmetrical multi-way relay channel where a base station conveys independent symbols to K different users while receiving independent symbols from the users. In this network, user i Shas Mi antennas (i ∈ [1, ..., K]), the base station has Σi=1K Mi antennas and the relay is equipped with NR antennas. To study the capacity of this network, the degree of freedom (DOF) is characterized to be 2 Σi=1K Mi if NR ≥ Σi=1K Mi. The DOF implies that the number of symbols any transmitter can deliver and receive is equivalent to its number of antennas. The DOF is achievable with a proposed joint multiple access and broadcast precoding design using the signal space alignment concept.
U2 - 10.1109/SPAWC.2011.5990468
DO - 10.1109/SPAWC.2011.5990468
M3 - Conference article in Journal
SP - 516
EP - 520
JO - I E E E Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications. Proceedings
JF - I E E E Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications. Proceedings
SN - 1242-5125
ER -