Reduced feedback link design for devicerelaying enhanced multiple-input singleoutput orthogonal frequency-division multiple access wireless systems

Abstract

Device-relaying enhanced multiple-input single-output (MISO) orthogonal frequency-division multiple access (OFDMA) systems are one of the promising and cost-effective methods to satisfy data rate requirements of future wireless networks. To implement device relaying in MISO-OFDMA systems efficiently, the channel state information belonging to all links is required at the base station. However, the feedback load increases with the number of users, device-relay candidates, antennas and subcarriers. A novel scheduling and a joint feedback link design and relay selection algorithm in device-relaying enhanced downlink MISO-OFDMA systems are proposed, while reducing the feedback load significantly without sacrificing the system performance.