Improving MIMO relay compressed sensing-based channel estimation and pilot allocation

Abstract

Abstract Increasing the data rate of communication systems together with the performance are main goals of the communication networks in the future. Multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO)-orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) relay networks as a key technology is one the main techniques to maintain the performance and data rate. Being influenced by fading channels, the MIMO-OFDM relay networks need some reliable approaches to estimate the channel response. Compressed sensing (CS) is one of the critical approaches to maintain the accuracy together with the spectral efficiency. In this paper, we have utilized CS-based approaches to estimate the MIMO-OFDM relay channel. Specifically, forward backward prediction (FBP) is used to estimate the fading channels. This approach benefits from backward correction which distinguishes it from other iterative approaches and helps interestingly in channel estimation accuracy. Moreover, in order to improve the channel estimation, pilot allocation approaches are proposed based on the system model and probability function. Furthermore, a cross entropy-based approach is utilized to propose two different approaches called sequential cross entropy self-coherence (SCE-SC) and parallel cross entropy self-coherence. Actually, mutual coherence is divided into two parts namely cross coherence and self coherence. It is demonstrated that in FBP-based approach self-coherence is important in mutual coherence. Consequently, the computations are interestingly decreased. The superiority of the method is represented using comparing simulations with other well-known approaches.

Keywords

• Cross entropy
• Compressed sensing
• Forward-backward prediction
• MIMO-OFDM relay channel estimation
• Pilot allocation