CSI acquisition for sleeping cells in hyper cellular networks based on channel learning

Abstract

Channel state information (CSI) plays an important role in the next generation of cellular systems with massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) technology as the indicator of wireless channels. In hyper cellular networks (HCNs), the traffic base stations (TBSs) improve the energy efficiency by dynamical sleeping. However, the conventional pilot-based CSI acquisition method cannot be applied to sleeping cells. We proposed a novel CSI scheme strategy based on channel learning for this problem. Different from location-aided CSI acquisition scheme, the proposed method utilizes the CSI at the control base station (CBS) as input to avoid the error caused by positioning. We validate our scheme in a HCN generated by the geometry-based stochastic channel model (GSCM). The prediction accuracy of the proposed scheme is better than the K nearest neighbor (KNN) method and close to the location-aided CSI acquisition scheme, which requires the knowledge of user position.

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In SCIENTIA SINICA Informationis
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