Abstract
Noncoherent detection schemes are an appealing and low-complexity alternative in multi-user massive MIMO uplink systems compared to classical coherent detection algorithms, since no actual channel knowledge is required at the receiver. For noncoherent multi-user detection to function, the induced power at the base station is utilized to separate the different users. However, spatial separation is impossible when the users are located in the far-field of the receiving antenna array. Consequently, noncoherent detection fails in such scenarios. To this end, beamspace techniques can be applied, focusing the energy of the incident wave to a smaller subset of the receive antennas and enabling again the noncoherent detection scheme. This paper analyzes the beamspace capabilities of a dielectric lens and an analog beamforming network applied at the receiver. Furthermore, a sub-array architecture is proposed, relaxing the design requirements for practical implementation. It is shown that noncoherent detection in combination with beamspace techniques performs comparably to channel-estimation-based detection. In addition, the sub-array architecture revealed a significant performance enhancement accompanied by a reduced user separability.
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