In multi-tier cellular networks, user performance is largely a ected by the varying transmit powers, distances, and non-uniform tra c loads of di erent base stations (BSs) in both the downlink (DL) and uplink (UL) directions of transmission. In presence of such heterogeneity, decoupled UL-DL user association (DUDe), which allows users to associate with di erent BSs for UL and DL transmissions, can be used to optimize network performance. Again, in-band full-duplex (FD) communi- cation is considered as a promising technique to improve the spectral e ciency of future multi-tier fth generation (5G) cellular networks. Nonetheless, due to severe UL-to-DL and DL-to-UL interference issues arising due to FD communications, the performance gains of DUDe in FD multi-tier networks are inconspicuous. To this end, this thesis develops a comprehensive framework to analyze the usefulness of DUDe in a full-duplex multi-tier cellular network. We rst formulate a joint UL and DL user association problem (with the provision of decoupled association) that maximizes the sum-rate for UL and DL transmission of all users. Since the formulated problem is a mixed-integer non-linear programming (MINLP) problem, we invoke approxi- mations and binary constraint relaxations to convert the problem into a Geometric Programming (GP) problem that is solved using Karush-Kuhn-Tucker (KKT) opti- mality conditions. Given the centralized nature and complexity of the GP problem, the solution of which serves as the upper bound for any sub-optimal solution, we formulate a distributed two-sided iterative matching game and develop a solution to obtain the solution of the game. In this game, the users and BSs rank one another using preference metrics that are subject to the externalities (i.e., dynamic interfer- ence conditions). The solution of the game is guaranteed to converge and provides Pareto-e cient stable associations. Finally, we derive e cient light-weight versions of the iterative matching solution, i.e., non-iterative matching and sequential UL-DL matching algorithms. The performances of all the solutions are critically evaluated in terms of aggregate UL and DL rates of all users, the number of unassociated users, and the number of coupled/decoupled associations. Simulation results demonstrate the e cacy of the proposed algorithms over the centralized GP solution as well as traditional coupled and decoupled user association schemes. / October 2016

In this thesis, we analyze the performance of three promising technologies being considered for future fifth generation (5G) and beyond wireless communication systems, with primary goals to: i) render 10-100 times higher user data rate, ii) serve 10-100 times more users simultaneously, iii) 1000 times more data volume per unit area, iv) improve energy efficiency on the order of 100 times, and iv) provide higher bandwidths. Accordingly, we focus on massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems and other future wireless technologies, namely millimeter wave (mmWave) and full-duplex (FD) systems that are being considered to fulfill the above requirements. We begin by focusing on fundamental performance limits of massive MIMO systems under practical constraints such as low complexity processing, array size and limited physical space. First, we analyze the performance of a massive MIMO base station (BS) serving spatially distributed multi-antenna users within a fixed coverage area. Stochastic geometry is used to characterize the spatially distributed users while large dimensional random matrix theory is used to achieve deterministic approximations of the sum rate of the system. We then examine the deployment of a massive MIMO BS and the resulting energy efficiency (EE) by considering a more realistic set-up of a rectangular array with increasing antenna elements within a fixed physical space. The effects of mutual coupling and correlation among the BS antennas are incorporated by deriving a practical mutual coupling matrix which considers coupling among all antenna elements within the BS. Accordingly, the optimum number of antennas that can be deployed for a particular antenna spacing when EE is considered as a design criteria is derived. Also, it is found that mutual coupling effect reduces the EE of the massive system by around 40-45% depending on the precoder/receiver used and the physical space available for antenna deployment. After establishing the constraints of antenna spacing on massive MIMO systems for the current microwave spectrum, we shift our focus to mmWave frequencies (more than 100GHz available bandwidth), where the wavelength is very small and as a result more antennas can be rigged within a constrained space. Accordingly, we integrate the massive MIMO technology with mmWave networks. In particular, we analyze the performance of a mmWave network consisting of spatially distributed BS equipped with very large uniform circular arrays (UCA) serving spatially distributed users within a fixed coverage area. The use of UCA is due to its capability of scanning through both the azimuth as well as elevation dimensions. We show that using such 3D massive MIMO techniques in mmWave systems yield significant performance gains. Further, we show the effect of blockages and path loss on mmWave networks. Since blockages are found to be quite detrimental to mmWave networks, we create alternative propagation paths with the aid of relays. In particular, we consider the deployment of relays in outdoor mmWave networks and then derive expressions for the coverage probability and transmission capacity from sources to a destination for such relay aided mmWave networks using stochastic geometric tools. Overall, relay aided mmWave transmission is seen to improve the signal to noise ratio at the destination by around 5-10dB with respect to specific coverage probabilities. Finally, due to the fact that the current half duplex (HD) mode transmission only utilizes half the spectrum at the same time in the same frequency, we consider a multiuser MIMO cellular system, where a FD BS serves multiple HD users simultaneously. However, since FD systems are plagued by severe self-interference (SI), we focus on the design of robust transceivers, which can cancel the residual SI left after antenna and analog cancellations. In particular, we address the sum mean-squared-errors (MSE) minimization problem by transforming it into an equivalent semidefinite programming (SDP) problem. We propose iterative alternating algorithms to design the transceiver matrices jointly and accordingly show the gains of FD over HD systems. We show that with proper SI cancellation, it is possible to achieve gains on sum rate of up to 70-80% over HD systems.

Half-Duplex Multiuser Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (HD MU-MIMO) systemscurrently employed in communication systems are not experiencing the selfinterference(SI) problem but they are not optimal in terms of efficiency and interms of resources used (time and frequency resources). Ignoring the effect of largescalefading, we start by explaining the uplink (UL) and downlink (DL) parts ofthe MU-MIMO system and how the sum-rate is calculated. We also introduce thethree linear receivers/precoders, Maximum-Ratio Combining (MRC)/Maximum-Ratio Transmission (MRT), Zero-Forcing (ZF), and Minimum Mean-Square Error(MMSE) and which of the three types is going to be used in the study of Full-Duplex Multiuser Multiple-input Multiple-output (FD MU-MIMO) system. Thenwe introduce FD MU-MIMO system, and how the equation used to calculate thesum-rate of the UL part changes when the SI occurs, and why SI problem is notpresent in the DL part. Next, we introduce the spectral efficiency (SE), and howto calculate it and why it is taken as a parameter to compare HD and FD systems.Also the effect of SI on FD MU-MIMO system is presented through simulationgraphs, then we move to show how to reduce SI effect by increasing the number ofantennas in the base-station (BS). Lastly, we take the effect of large scale fading inorder to reach a simple statistical model in the form cumulative distribution function(CDF) graph for different values of SI and compare those of FD MU-MIMOsystem to HD MU-MIMO. The results show that FD MU-MIMO together withmassive MIMO technology is very promising and would save time and frequencyresources which means an increase in the SE but SI must be below a certain level.

Cooperative relaying techniques have recently received significant interests from both academia and industry due to their ability to provide spatial diversity to address the ever increasing demand for extended network coverage, higher data rates without sacrificing extra power resources, greater mobility and enhanced reliability. This thesis mainly considers two themes. Firstly, in the context of self-powered multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) full-duplex (FD) relaying, our research focuses on design and performance analysis of MIMO FD relaying systems in the presence of practical transmission impairments. Namely, the impact of spatial fading correlation, imperfect channel state information (CSI), loopback self-interference (LI), and co-channel interference (CCI) on the system performance are investigated. Secondly, in the context of wirelessly-powered MIMO HD relaying, our research focuses on energy beamforming which is used to maximize the overall harvested energy so as to enable longer-distance wireless power transfer when compared to the single antenna nodes. Namely, in the presence of MIMO relaying systems, hop-by-hop information and energy beamforming is proposed where the transmitted signal is steered along the strongest eigenmode of each hop. The wirelessly powered relay scavenge energy from the source information radio-frequency (RF) signal through energy beamforming, where both the time-switching receiver (TSR) and power-splitting receiver (PSR) are considered, then uses the harvested energy to forward the source message to the destination. Our research focuses on developing a comprehensive analytical framework for deriving new closed-form expressions for the outage probability and ergodic capacity for amplify-and-forward (AF) relaying systems, including simpler tight bounds and asymptotic high signal-to-noise (SNR) ratio analysis. First, the optimization problem for the design of source, relay, and destination precoding and/or decoding weight vectors which maximizes the overall signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) is formulated. Then, in order to get closed-form precoding and decoding weight vectors, a sub-optimal solution based on null space projection designed to completely suppress the LI and/or CCI is proposed, through which a closed-form overall SINR is presented. Simulation results show the exactness and tightness of the proposed exact and bound analytical expressions, respectively.

Multiple antennas combined with cooperative relaying, called multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay communications, can be used to improve the reliability and capacity of wireless communications systems. The precoding design is crucial to realize the full potential of MIMO relay systems. Full-duplex (FD) relay communications has become realistic with the development of effective loop interference (LI) cancellation techniques. The focus of this dissertation is on the precoding design for MIMO FD amplify-and-forward (AF) relay communication systems. First, the transceiver design for MIMO FD AF relay communication systems is considered with residual LI, which will exist in any FD system. Then the precoding design is extended to two-way MIMO FD relay communication systems. Iterative algorithms are presented for both systems based on minimizing the mean squared error (MSE) to obtain the source and relay precoders and destination combiner.Finally, the precoding design for MIMO FD relay communication systems with multiple users is investigated.Two systems are examined, namely a multiuser uplink system and a multiuser paired downlink system. By converting the original problems into convex subproblems, locally optimal solutions are found for these systems considering the existence of residual LI. The performance improvement for the proposed FD systems over the corresponding half-duplex (HD) systems is evaluated via simulation. / Graduate

In order to achieve Full Duplex (FD) communication, currently studied solutionsfor the commercial sector rely on advanced Self-Interferece Cancellation (SIC)techniques to remove the transmitted signal from the received one. This thesis expandsthe research of these techniques by evaluating their potential usage in militarycommunication scenarios where requirements and conditions are distinct,firstly, by identifying, categorizing and describing a set of previously proposedsic techniques and secondly, by performing a comprehensive simulation andanalysis of two suggested sic techniques as part of a FD transceiver. Though themajority of the considered SIC techniques was determined to be potentially implementablein military FD transceivers, some frequency-dependent techniquesand techniques prohibiting omnidirectional communication could not be used.The simulation and analysis of the two suggested SIC techniques show that undercertain conditions, such as limited transmission power and/or reflective environment,close to complete suppression could be realized even with high nonlineardistortion in the transmit chain.

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We study a wireless full-duplex network with imperfect interference cancellation and solve the routing and power allocation problem in this network. We use a model that focuses on the effects of full-duplex by including residual self-interference and one hop interference while other interfering signals are considered negligible in comparison. We first solve the optimal power allocation for a fixed route. We then propose a priority-first search algorithm to find the joint route and power allocation to maximize throughput. The algorithm proposed has a non decomposable priority metric, but is efficiently evaluated by our solution for a fixed route. We analyze the performance of our solution in a more realistic model by deriving bounds between optimal solutions in both models. Through simulations we show that, even with imperfect interference cancellation, full-duplex achieves a higher throughput than half-duplex or direct transmission for moderate transmission power.

One of the primary sources of inefficiency in today's wireless networks is the half-duplex constraint - the assumption that nodes cannot transmit and receive simultaneously in the same band. The reason for this constraint and the hurdle to full-duplex operation is self-interference: a node's transmit signal appears at its own receiver with very high power, desensitizing the receiver electronics and precluding the reception of a packet from a distant node. Recent research has demonstrated that full-duplex can indeed be feasible by employing a combination of analog and digital self-interference cancellation mechanisms. However, two glaring limitations remain. The first is that the full-duplex state-of-the-art requires at least two antennas and extra RF resources that space-constrained mobile devices may not be able to accommodate. The second limitation is range: current full-duplex demonstrations have been for ranges less than 10~m. At longer distances nodes must transmit with higher power to overcome path loss, and the power differential between the self-interference and the signal-of-interest becomes more that the current cancellation mechanisms can handle. We therefore present engineering solutions for answering the following driving questions: (a) can we leverage full-duplex in a network consisting mostly of half-duplex mobiles? and (b) can we extend the range of full-duplex by achieving self-interference suppression sufficient for full-duplex to outperform half-duplex at ranges exceeding 100 m? In answer to the first question, we propose moving the burden of full-duplexing solely to access points (APs), enabling the AP to boost network throughput by receiving an uplink signal from one half-duplex mobile, while simultaneously transmitting a downlink signal to another half-duplex mobile in the same band. In answer to the second question we propose an AP antenna architecture that uses a careful combination of three mechanisms for passive suppression of self-interference: directional isolation, absorptive shielding, and cross-polarization. Results from a 20 MHz OFDM prototype demonstrate that the proposed AP architecture can achieve 90+ dB total self-interference suppression, enabling >50% uplink rate gains over half-duplex for ranges up to 150 m.

One of the fundamental assumptions made in the design of wireless networks is that the wireless devices have to be half-duplex, i.e., they cannot simultaneously transmit and receive in the same frequency band. The key deterrent in implementing a full-duplex wireless device, which can simultaneously transmit and receive in the same frequency band, is the large power differential between the self-interference from a device's own transmissions and the signal of interest coming from a distant source. In this thesis, we revisit this basic assumption and propose a full-duplex radio design. The design suppresses the self-interference signal by employing a combination of passive suppression, and active analog and digital cancellation mechanisms. The active cancellations are designed for wideband, multiple subcarrier (OFDM), and multiple antenna (MIMO) wireless communications systems. We then implement our design as a 20 MHz MIMO OFDM system with a 2.4 GHz center frequency, suitable for Wi-Fi systems. We perform extensive over-the-air tests to characterize our implementation. Our main contributions are the following: (a) the average amount of active cancellation increases as the received self-interference power increases and as a result, the rate of a full-duplex link increases as the transmit power of communicating devices increases, (b) applying digital cancellation after analog cancellation can sometimes increase the self-interference and the effectiveness of digital cancellation in a full-duplex system will depend on the performance of the cancellation stages that precede it, (c) our full-duplex device design achieves an average of 85 dB of self-interference cancellation over a 20 MHz bandwidth at 2.4 GHz, which is the best cancellation performance reported to date, (d) our full-duplex device design achieves 30-84% higher ergodic rates than its half-duplex counterpart for received powers in the range of [-75, -60] dBm. As a result, our design is the first one to achieve Wi-Fi ranges; in comparison, no implementation to date has achieved Wi-Fi ranges. Consequently, we have conclusively demonstrated that Wi-Fi full-duplex is practically feasible and hence shown that one of the commonly made assumptions in wireless networks is not fundamental.