Bit-Interleaved Coded Multiple Beamforming in Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Systems

Abstract

In this paper we carry out the asymptotic diversity analysis for millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems by using bit interleaved coded multiple beamforming (BICMB). First, a single-user mmWave system which employs M<sub>t</sub> antenna subarrays at the transmitter and M<sub>r</sub> antenna subarrays at the receiver is studied. Each antenna subarray in the transmitter and the receiver has N<sub>r</sub> and N<sub>t</sub> antennas, respectively. We establish a theorem for the diversity gain when the number of antennas in each remote antenna unit (RAU) goes to infinity. Based on the theorem, the distributed system with BICMB achieves full spatial multiplexing of L<sub>t</sub> = ∑<sub>i,j</sub> L<sub>ij</sub> and full spatial diversity of (∑<sub>i,j</sub> β<sub>ij</sub>)<sup>2</sup>/∑<sub>i,j</sub> β<sub>ij</sub><sup>2</sup> L<sub>ij</sub><sup>−1</sup> where L<sub>ij</sub> is the number of propagation paths and is the large scale fading coefficient between the ith RAU in the transmitter and the jth RAU in the receiver. This result shows that one can increase the diversity gain in the system by increasing the number of RAUs. Simulation results show that, when the perfect channel state information assumption is satisfied, the use of BICMB increases the diversity gain in the system.