Telecommunications Science ›› 2020, Vol. 36 ›› Issue (11): 39-46.doi: 10.11959/j.issn.1000-0801.2020184

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Semi-dynamic pilot allocation based on graph coloring in massive MIMO systems

Fangmin XU,Hui QIAN,Haiyan CAO   

  1. School of Communication Engineering,Hangzhou Dianzi University,Hangzhou 310018,China
  • Revised:2020-06-18 Online:2020-11-20 Published:2020-12-09
  • Supported by:
    The National Natural Science Foundation of Zhejiang Province of China(LY20F10009)

Abstract:

To alleviate the performance loss caused by pilot contamination in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems,a semi-dynamic pilot allocation scheme based on graph coloring was proposed.Firstly,a pilot reuse threshold was derived for users.Then,based on the pilot reuse threshold,users of each cell are divided into cell-center users and cell-edge users,where cell-center users were allowed to reuse the same pilot.Finally,based on the graph coloring theory,the pilot resources were allocated to cell-edge users with serious pilot interference by multi-cell coordination.The simulation results show that the proposed pilot allocation scheme reduces the pilot interference and improves the uplink achievable rate of the whole system effectively.

Key words: massive MIMO, pilot contamination, graph coloring, total achievable rate

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