Channel Capacity for MIMO Spectrally Precoded OFDM with Block Reflectors

Abstract

In contrast to the state-of-the-art technology, it is envisaged that 5G systems will accommodate a broad range of services and a variety of emerging applications. In fact, the advent of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its integration with conventional human-initiated transmissions yields the need for a fundamental system redesign. Hence, the ideal waveform for the upcoming 5G radio access technology should cope with several requirements, such as low computational complexity, good time and frequency localization and straightforward extension to \emph{multiple-input multiple-output} (MIMO) systems. In the light of reducing the algorithmic complexity of the spectrally precoded MIMO OFDM, we provide an in-depth analysis of the use of block reflectors. The channel capacity formula for MIMO spectrally precoded OFDM is then derived, and the proposed design techniques are compared to conventional MIMO OFDM from an information-theoretic perspective.