Sum Rate Maximization Based on Sub-Array Antenna Selection in a Full-Duplex System

Abstract

This paper considers a full-duplex system for a base station (BS) serving both uplink and downlink users simultaneously on the same frequency. A new design of the selection of the half-array antenna mode at the BS (transmit or receive mode) over the time phases and user assignments is proposed and its beamforming design and power allocation problem are optimized under the effect of both residual self-interference and co-channel interference. The aim is to maximize the overall sum rate subject to the users' quality of service requirements, which is formulated as a highly nonlinear function subject to non-convex constraints. To solve this non-convex problem, we propose an iterative low-complexity algorithm. Simulation results demonstrate that the proposed algorithm provides a fast convergence and substantially outperforms all existing schemes. © 2017 IEEE.