Receive Correlation-Based user Scheduling for Collaborative Spatial Multiplexing Systems

In this paper, we propose a user scheduling scheme to maximize the ergodic capacity of multi-user MIMO uplink systems. The proposed scheduling scheme only considers the use of the receive correlation matrix of users, not the instantaneous channel state information of users. The proposed user scheduling scheme is applied to collaborative spatial multiplexing systems specified in the IEEE 802.16e, where the base station receives two user signals at each time slot using two receive antennas. Analytic and numerical results show that the proposed user scheduling scheme outperforms conventional random user scheduling scheme in terms of the ergodic capacity without loss of opportunity fairness.