Coordinated Multi-Point Transmissions Based on Interference Alignment and Neutralization
IEEE TRANSACTIONS ON WIRELESS COMMUNICATIONS
Authors: Li, Zhao; Chen, Jie; Zhen, Lu; Cui, Sha; Shin, Kang G.; Liu, Jia
Abstract
Both interference alignment (IA) and interference neutralization (IN) are exploited for coordinated multipoint (CoMP) communications. With the cooperation of the base station (BS), a transmit precoder and a receive filter are jointly designed, and concurrent transmissions of multiple data streams are then enabled. In the design of a precoder, the IN is applied to the interferences carrying the same data so as to align the interfering signals in the opposite direction in a subspace. On the other hand, for interferences carrying different information, IA is employed to align them in the same direction in a subspace, thus reducing the interference signal observed at the receiver side. Based on different precoding schemes at the transmitter's side, receivers adopt zero forcing (ZF) so as to recover the desired data. The proposed IA- and IN-based CoMP (IAN-CoMP) mechanism can achieve effective interference cancellation and suppression by exploiting limited and flexible collaboration at the BS side. It can also make a flexible tradeoff between the cooperation overhead and the system's achievable degrees of freedom (DoFs). We extend the mechanism to general cases where the antenna configurations at both the transmitter and receiver sides, the number of transmitters participating in CoMP, and that of simultaneously served users are variable. Moreover, we discuss both singlelocation and multi-location-based realizations of the IAN-CoMP. Finally, by defining the average transmit and receive cooperation order, we analyze the upper bound for IAN-CoMP. Our in-depth simulation shows that the IAN-CoMP can significantly improve the spectral efficiency (SE) for cell-edge users.
Investigation of negative magnetization and impedance spectroscopy of Sm-substituted gadolinium iron garnets
MATERIALS RESEARCH EXPRESS
Authors: Aakansha; Ravi, S.
Abstract
Samarium substituted gadolinium iron garnet samples were synthesized in pure-phase form by solid-state chemical reaction method. The lattice constant increases (12.4624 angstrom to 12.5211 angstrom) with Sm-concentration. Magnetization measurements show an increase in ferrimagnetic (FIM) transition temperature (T-C = 567 K to 575 K) and a decrease in magnetic compensation temperature (T-comp = 286 K to 70 K) upon Sm-substitution. In addition to magnetic compensation, an interesting negative magnetization under field-cooled condition is achieved for a sample with x = 2.0, and it has been explained in terms of enhanced magnetic anisotropy due to Sm-substitution. A significant increase in saturation magnetization is attained at room temperature by Sm-substitution. Frequency dependence of complex impedance shows relaxation behavior and the relaxation frequency follows the Arrhenius power-law, along with an anomaly around FIM T-C. Such anomaly is ascribed to magneto-electric coupling.