Nanjing University of Posts and Telecommunicatins

Jiacheng Lu

Hongbo Zhu

Jun Zhang

Wenjun Lv

Shu Cai

Hairong Wang

A downlink channel estimation method based on a co-prime array in asymmetric massive MIMO architecture is provided. First, an uplink and downlink asymmetric receiving and transmitting system model based on a co-prime array is established, and a deviation of the frequency domain direction caused by array broadband signals is observed; then, uplink receiving is performed to estimate an uplink channel, and channel parameters such as the number of paths, the angle of arrival and the path gain are recovered; and finally, a downlink channel is reconstructed based on the channel parameters recovered according to the uplink channel. By means of the high angular resolution of the co-prime array, the problem that a recovered uplink channel cannot be directly used for pre-coding of a downlink channel is solved.

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Jiacheng Lu