Research Article

Transmission Scheme with Limited Channel State Information Feedback for 3D MIMO System

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Carrier frequency2 GHz

Bandwidth10 MHz

User speed3 km/h

BS height30 m

UE heightUniform distributed between 1.5 m and 50 m

Cell radius500 m

Channel model3GPP 3D SCM

BS transmit power46 dBm

Noise density−174 dBm/Hz

Pathloss

UE number10/30

MIMO assumptionSU-MIMO: rank 1 per UE
MU-MIMO: rank 1 per UE, two-user pairing and scheduling

Antenna element pattern


, ,

Antenna configurationBS: UPA 
Element interval:
Row × col: 8 × 8
User: two antennas

CodebookKPC
SAEC and proposed scheme: , PEBC: ,
Whole cell: , ,
     , ,
120° sector: , ,
     , ,

Transmission period of long-term CSI-RS100 TTIs

Transmission period of short-term CSI-RS1 TTI

Feedback delay6 ms

CSI-RS and DMRS channel estimationIdeal

UE receiver assumptionMMSE