Semi-blind Channel Estimation and Data Detection for Multi-cell Massive MIMO Systems on Time-Varying Channels
arXiv:2011.09010 · doi:10.1109/ACCESS.2021.3132263
Abstract
We study the problem of semi-blind channel estimation and symbol detection in the uplink of multi-cell massive MIMO systems with spatially correlated time-varying channels. An algorithm based on expectation propagation (EP) is developed to iteratively approximate the joint a posteriori distribution of the unknown channel matrix and the transmitted data symbols with a distribution from an exponential family. This distribution is then used for direct estimation of the channel matrix and detection of data symbols. A modified version of the popular Kalman filtering algorithm referred to as KF-M emerges from our EP derivation and it is used to initialize the EP-based algorithm. Performance of the Kalman smoothing algorithm followed by KF-M is also examined. Simulation results demonstrate that channel estimation error and the symbol error rate (SER) of the semi-blind KF-M, KS-M, and EP-based algorithms improve with the increase in the number of base station antennas and the length of the transmitted frame. It is shown that the EP-based algorithm significantly outperforms KF-M and KS-M algorithms in channel estimation and symbol detection. Finally, our results show that when applied to time-varying channels, these algorithms outperform the algorithms that are developed for block-fading channel models.
arXiv comment28 pages, 13 figures, Submitted to IEEE Trans. on Vehicular Technology
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