Sparse Channel Estimation

This paper discusses sparse channel estimation techniques for millimeter wave (mmWave) MIMO systems. MmWave communication is needed to support increasing wireless traffic and device connectivity. It offers high data rates but faces challenges of high path loss and sensitivity to blockages. Beamforming helps overcome this by focusing signals in specific directions. However, with large antenna arrays at mmWave frequencies, hybrid analog/digital architectures are needed to limit RF chains for power efficiency. The channel in mmWave systems is sparse due to few multipath components. Conventional estimation techniques are not suitable due to data size and not exploiting sparsity. The paper proposes using orthogonal matching pursuit algorithm for sparse channel estimation in mmWave MIMO systems.

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Sparse Channel Estimation

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Sparse Channel Estimation in mmWave

MIMO systems
(insert paper, authors)

Harish Umasankar
Objectives

Need for mmWave

mmWave and its Advantages and
Challenges
(FILL)
Need for mmWave

Growing number of devices

Growing Traffic
Need for High Data Transmission Rates
Introduction to mmWave
Frequency ranging from 30 GHz to 300
GHz
 Large bandwidth High data rates
 Small Wavelength MIMO with large
number of antennas
Challenges In Using mmWave
High Propagation Loss
Sensitive to blockage by obstacles
Existing Solution: Beam Forming
Beamforming is a technique that is used to focus transmitted
signals to specific locations
Limitation of Beam Forming
Solution: Hybrid Architecture
 Additional challenges in mmWave MIMO:
Large number of antennas traditionally requires
large number of RF chains =>High power
consumption

 Solution: Hybrid RF baseband

transceiver with limited number of RF
chains
System Model: Sparse Channel Estimation
 The pilot output
is given as

• RF Combiner,
Baseband Combiner
• RF Precoder,
Baseband Precoder
• Pilot matrix
• Noise matrix
(channel derivation -> leads to saying sparse channel)
Problem Statement: Sparse Channel Estimation
 High signal blockage at mmWave
frequency
 Leads to few multipath components
 Sparse nature of mmWave channel.
 Only few non-zero entries in high
dimensional channel vector.
mmWave MIMO Beamspace Channel
 The virtual channel representation
is given as

 : Receive array response dictionary matrix

 : Transmit array response dictionary matrix
 : Sparse beamspace channel matrix

(1)
 Performing the vec operation

Where , and
Sparse Channel Estimation
 Let pilot matrix I
 After performing vec operation

• Sensing matrix
• : Sparse channel vector to be estimated
Sparse Channel Estimation
 Conventional Techniques:
 Least squares (LS) method
 Linear Minimum Mean Squared
Error (LMMSE) technique
 For Large data size
 LS/LMMSE Computationally
complex
 Does not exploit sparsity