MIMO channels in the low SNR regime: Communication rate, error exponent and signal peakiness

Xinzhou Wu, R. Srikant

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Abstract

We consider non-coherent MEMO fading channels and characterize the reliability function in the low-SNR regime as a function of the number of transmit and receive antennas. We assume no CSI is available at the transmitter or the receiver. For the case when the fading matrix H has independent entries, we show that the number of transmit antennas plays a key role in reducing the peakiness in the input signal required to achieve the optimal error exponent for a given communication rate. Further, by considering a correlated channel model, we show that the maximum performance gain (in terms of the error exponent and communication rate) is achieved when the entries of the channel fading matrix are fully correlated.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2004 IEEE Information Theory Workshop - Proceedings, ITW
Pages428-433
Number of pages6
StatePublished - 2004
Event2004 IEEE Information Theory Workshop - Proceedings, ITW - San Antonio, TX, United States
Duration: Oct 24 2004Oct 29 2004

Publication series

Name2004 IEEE Information Theory Workshop - Proceedings, ITW

Other

Other2004 IEEE Information Theory Workshop - Proceedings, ITW
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Antonio, TX
Period10/24/0410/29/04

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Engineering

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