A Low Complexity Configuration Selection Algorithm in IA-Aided Uplink Coordinated Multipoint Systems

This work investigates the configuration selection in IA-aided UL CoMP systems which pursues the maximal achievable sum rate. The configuration is defined by the number of data streams transmitted in each user. Intuitively, the solution can be found by exhaustively calculating the achievable sum rate for all the possible configurations, and select the configuration leading to the maximal achievable sum rate. The exhaustive search method is infeasible due to its high complexity. Based on the characteristics of IA-aided UL CoMP systems, an algorithm is proposed to obtain the configuration with extremely low complexity, and the proposed approach achieves comparable performance as in exhaustive method.