Multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) systems deploy multiple antennas at either end of a communication link and can provide significant benefits compared to traditional single antenna systems, such as increased data rates through spatial multiplexing gain, and/or improved link reliability through diversity techniques. Recently, the natural extension of utilising multiple antennas in relay networks, known as MIMO relaying, has attracted significant research attention due to the fact that the benefits of MIMO can be coupled with extended network coverage through the use of relaying devices. This thesis concentrates on the design and analysis of different aspects of MIMO relay systems communicating over frequency selective channels with the use of orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM). The first focus of this thesis is on the development of training based channel estimation algorithms for two-hop MIMO OFDM relaying. In the first phase of channel estimation the relay-dest ination channel is estimated using conventional point-to-point MIMO estimation techniques. In the second phase, the source sends known training symbols to the relay, which precodes the received symbols and forwards them to the destination. In order to estimate the source-relay channel at the destination, an iterative algorithm is derived, which involves sequentially solving a number of convex optimisation problems and has guaranteed convergence. Since the proposed iterative algorithm may be too computationally complex for practical systems, a simplified approach is also derived where the channel estimation processors can be calculated in closed form. Under the assumption of perfect channel state information (CSI), we then develop non-linear transceiver designs for MIMO OFDM relay systems, focusing specifically on decision feedback equalisation (DFE) and Tomlinson Harashima precoding (THP). The optimal source and relay precoding matrices are derived that minimise the arithmetic mean square error (MSE) subject to source and relay transmission power constraints, when either a zero forcing (ZF) or minimum mean square error (MMSE) equaliser is used at the destination. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed non-linear solutions outperform linear transceivers in terms of bit error rate (BER) and MSE. For the case of imperfect CSI at all nodes, robust DFE and THP transceivers are then considered that aim to minimise the expected artithmetic MSE subject to the source and relay transmission power constraints. The channel estimation errors are modelled as being drawn from matrix variate Gaussian distributions with known mean and covariance. The source and relay precoder structures are derived for the case that the optimal MMSE equaliser is used at the destination. The derived precoder structures are shown to be optimal for the special case that the channel estimation errors are uncorrelated. Simulation results demonstrate the robustness of the proposed algorit hms to channel estimation errors.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bl.uk/oai:ethos.bl.uk:605984 |
| Date | January 2014 |
| Creators | Millar, Andrew Paul |
| Publisher | University of Strathclyde |
| Source Sets | Ethos UK |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Electronic Thesis or Dissertation |
| Source | http://oleg.lib.strath.ac.uk:80/R/?func=dbin-jump-full&object_id=23208 |
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