Computation-and-Communication Efficient Coordinated Multicast Beamforming in Massive MIMO Networks
Shiqi Yin, Min Dong

TL;DR
This paper introduces a computation- and communication-efficient coordinated multicast beamforming method for massive MIMO networks, leveraging structural properties for fast, distributed optimization with minimal fronthaul overhead.
Contribution
It derives the optimal beamforming structure, enabling distributed computation and low-dimensional optimization independent of antenna count, and proposes fast algorithms and semi-distributed implementation.
Findings
Achieves near-optimal performance with reduced computational complexity.
Enables distributed beamforming computation based on local CSI.
Fronthaul overhead is independent of the number of BS antennas.
Abstract
The main challenges in designing downlink coordinated multicast beamforming in massive multiple-input multiple output (MIMO) cellular networks are the complex computational solutions and significant fronthaul overhead for centralized coordination. This paper proposes a coordinated multicast beamforming solution that is both computation and communication efficient. For joint BS coordination with individual base station transmit power budgets, we first obtain the optimal structure of coordinated multicast beamforming. It reveals that the beamformer at each BS is naturally distributed and only depends on the local channel state information (CSI) at its serving BS. Moreover, the optimal beamformer is a weighted minimum mean square error (MMSE) beamformer with a low-dimensional structure of unknown weights to be optimized, independent of the number of BS antennas. Utilizing the optimal…
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Taxonomy
TopicsAdvanced MIMO Systems Optimization · Cooperative Communication and Network Coding · Advanced Wireless Network Optimization
MethodsBalanced Selection
