Title :
On Blind Interference Alignment over Homogeneous Block Fading Channels
Author :
Zhou, Qing F. ; Zhang, Q.T.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. Eng., City Univ. of Hong Kong, Hong Kong, China
fDate :
9/1/2012 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
We examine how to construct blind interference alignment (BIA) in a K-user 2 × 1 broadcast network with homogeneous block fading, which means all users experience independent but identical block fading. When K=2, we determine a sufficient condition on the offset between the two users´ fading blocks such that the constructed BIA achieves the optimal 4/3 degrees of freedom (DoF). Furthermore, we prove that, when K≥ 4, it is almost guaranteed that the transmitter can find two users among the K users to form a 2-user 2 × 1 broadcast channel over which BIA achieves 4/3 DoF.
Keywords :
fading channels; interference (signal); blind interference alignment; broadcast channel; homogeneous block fading channels; Antennas; Coherence; Fading; Interference; Receivers; Transmitters; Vectors; Blind IA; DoF; homogeneous fading channel;
Journal_Title :
Communications Letters, IEEE
DOI :
10.1109/LCOMM.2012.073112.120833