Partially coherent constellations for multiple-antenna systems
OwnerMohammad Jaber Borran, Ashutosh Sabharwal +2inventors
InventorsMohammad Jaber Borran, Ashutosh Sabharwal, Behnaam Aazhang, Prabodh Varshney
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OwnerMohammad Jaber Borran, Ashutosh Sabharwal +2inventors
InventorsMohammad Jaber Borran, Ashutosh Sabharwal, Behnaam Aazhang, Prabodh Varshney
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A signal constellation for a multiple input/multiple output (MIMO) communication system when channel knowledge at the receiver is imperfect includes at least two (n−1)-dimensional sub-constellations of points that together form an n-dimensional constellation, the number n representing real dimensions and n=2M where M is the number of transmit antennas. The n-dimensional spherical constellation may define a single sphere or a plurality of concentric subset spheres, and points between subsets are separated by a Kullback-Leibler distance rather than a Euclidian distance. Each sphere has sub-constellations that preferably are arranged in symmetric pairs that define equal numbers of points that lie in parallel planes, to allow recursive construction that minimizes computational complexity. An appropriate constellation may be chosen by ceasing a search once the optimum minimum distance stops increasing as a number of the concentric levels increases.
A method for transmitting a signal comprising:
A device comprising:
A computer program product of computer-readable instructions, tangibly embodied on a non-transitory computer-readable medium and executable by a digital data processor to perform actions directed toward transmitting a signal, the computer-readable instructions configured to cause a device to:
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