Blind estimation of MIMO relay channels

In this paper, we integrate two blind source separation (BSS) methods to estimate the individual channel state information (CSI) for the source-relay and relay-destination links of three-node two-hop multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay systems. In particular, we propose a first-order Z-domai...

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Main Authors: Chiong, Choo Wee Raymond, Rong, Yue, Xiang, Y.
Other Authors: Abd-krim Seghouane
Format: Conference Paper
Published: IEEE 2014
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Online Access:http://ieeexplore.ieee.org/stamp/stamp.jsp?tp=&arnumber=6884660
http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/39472
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Summary:In this paper, we integrate two blind source separation (BSS) methods to estimate the individual channel state information (CSI) for the source-relay and relay-destination links of three-node two-hop multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay systems. In particular, we propose a first-order Z-domain precoding technique for the blind estimation of the relay-destination channel matrix, while an algorithm based on the constant modulus and mutual information properties is developed to estimate the source-relay channel matrix. Compared with training-based MIMO relay channel estimation approaches, our algorithm has a better bandwidth efficiency as no bandwidth is wasted for sending the training sequences. Numerical examples are shown to demonstrate the performance of the proposed algorithm.