Research Article

Angular Domain Data-Assisted Channel Estimation for Pilot Decontamination in Massive MIMO

Table 1

Simulation parameters.

Antenna spacing ()
Number of cells () 7
Number of paths () 32
Number of antennas () 64
Cell-edge SNR 10 dB
Fast-fading channel distribution Gaussian
Number of channel realizations 100,000
Number of pilots symbols 10
Number of data symbols 100
Path-loss exponent () 3
Cell radius () 1 km