On the capacity of MIMO relay channels

B Wang, J Zhang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We study the capacity of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) relay channels. We first
consider the Gaussian MIMO relay channel with fixed channel conditions, and derive upper …

MIMO configurations for relay channels: Theory and practice

Y Fan, J Thompson - IEEE Transactions on Wireless …, 2007 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper we discuss and compare different signalling and routing methods for multiple-
input multiple-output (MIMO) relay networks in terms of the network capacity, where every …

Ergodic capacity analysis of amplify-and-forward MIMO dual-hop systems

S Jin, MR McKay, C Zhong… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2010 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper presents an analytical characterization of the ergodic capacity of amplify-and-
forward (AF) MIMO dual-hop relay channels, assuming that the channel state information is …

Capacity bounds and power allocation for wireless relay channels

A Host-Madsen, J Zhang - IEEE transactions on Information …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We consider three-node wireless relay channels in a Rayleigh-fading environment.
Assuming transmitter channel state information (CSI), we study upper bounds and lower …

[PDF][PDF] Amplify-and-forward versus decode-and-forward relaying: Which is better?

G Levin, S Loyka - 22th International Zurich seminar on …, 2012 - research-collection.ethz.ch
Performance of multi-hop MIMO relay channels under the amplify-and-forward and decode-
and-forward protocols are compared via the capacity and SNR gains. In an N-hop channel …

Gaussian orthogonal relay channels: Optimal resource allocation and capacity

Y Liang, VV Veeravalli - IEEE Transactions on Information …, 2005 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A Gaussian orthogonal relay model is investigated, where the source transmits to the relay
and destination in channel 1, and the relay transmits to the destination in channel 2, with …

Degraded Gaussian multirelay channel: Capacity and optimal power allocation

A Reznik, SR Kulkarni, S Verdú - IEEE Transactions on …, 2004 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We determine the capacity region of a degraded Gaussian relay channel with multiple relay
stages. This is done by building an inductive argument based on the single-relay capacity …

[PDF][PDF] Impact of cooperative relays on the capacity of rank-deficient MIMO channels

A Wittneben, B Rankov - Proceedings of the 12th IST Summit on …, 2003 - researchgate.net
We study the impact of multiple linear amplify-and-forward relays on the capacity of rank-
deficient MIMO channels. We derive a general system model for wireless networks with one …

On the white Gaussian multiple-access relay channel

G Kramer, AJ van Wijngaarden - 2000 IEEE International …, 2000 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The spectral efficiency of mobile radio networks can be improved by allowing each mobile
station to act as a relay for one other mobile station. One can expect further performance …

Diversity of MIMO multihop relay channels

S Yang, JC Belfiore - arXiv preprint arXiv:0708.0386, 2007 - arxiv.org
We consider slow fading relay channels with a single multi-antenna source-destination
terminal pair. The source signal arrives at the destination via N hops through N-1 layers of …