Gaussian mixture model-based Expectation-Maximization signal processing algorithm in power-efficiency networks

Abstract

Non-linear Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) has attracted considerable attention because of its high power-efficiency characteristic, particularly in the fifth generation (5G) and beyond. This paper focuses on the non-linear MIMO baseband algorithms in power-efficiency networks. In previous works, Generalized Approximate Message Passing (GAMP) and importance sampling technique were used to solve the non-linear distortion in Halved Phase-Only (HPO-) MIMO system. However, its convergence rate becomes unstable, and it’s converge is not guaranteed in some cases. In this paper, to improve the efficiency of convergence rate, we propose Gaussian Mixture Model (GMM) based ExpectationMaximization (EM) signal processing algorithm in HPO MIMO system. We first transforme channel estimation and multiuser detection problems into generalized linear mixed problems under π-phase observations. Then, the GMM algorithm is used to estimate the distribution of π-phase observation. Meanwhile, the EM algorithm is used to estimate the recovered signal. Simulation results show that the proposed method achieves high convergence and has better performance than the reference GAMP algorithm.