• DocumentCode
    1758977
  • Title

    Proportional Fair MU-MIMO in 802.11 WLANs

  • Author

    Valls, V. ; Leith, Douglas J.

  • Volume
    3
  • Issue
    2
  • fYear
    2014
  • fDate
    41730
  • Firstpage
    221
  • Lastpage
    224
  • Abstract
    We consider the proportional fair rate allocation in an 802.11 WLAN that supports multi-user MIMO (MU-MIMO) transmission by one or more stations. We characterise, for the first time, the proportional fair allocation of MU-MIMO spatial streams and station transmission opportunities. While a number of features carry over from the case without MU-MIMO, in general neither flows nor stations need to be allocated equal airtime when MU-MIMO is available.
  • Keywords
    MIMO communication; wireless LAN; 802.11 WLAN; MU-MIMO spatial streams; multiuser MIMO transmission; proportional fair MU-MIMO; proportional fair allocation; proportional fair rate allocation; station transmission; IEEE 802.11 Standards; MIMO; Rayleigh channels; Resource management; Throughput; Wireless LAN; 802.11ac; MU-MIMO; proportional fairness;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Wireless Communications Letters, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    2162-2337
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/WCL.2014.020314.130884
  • Filename
    6733533