Energy efficiency optimization of radiofrequency power amplifiers for massive MIMO: a data based approach

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Abstract

The main focus of state-of-the-art works in RF power amplifier digital predistortion is to improve the linearity of the system, but studying the energy efficiency of the amplifiers is normally omitted. When used in massive MIMO antenna arrays, besides of the power amplifier nonlinear behavior, crosstalk between transmitter chains further reduce signal quality. The problem on how to linearize the PA's, and at the same time mitigate the cross-talks while achieving maximum energy efficiency raises. In this work, using a joint linearity-efficiency PA model based on a generic transistor and a physically inspired model of the antenna array crosstalk, the relationship between linearity, power added efficiency and crosstalk is investigated. Assuming a full-digital architecture, the SISO case and three MIMO cases are considered: a reference model with a single PA, 2 transmitters, a linear array of 5 transmitters, and a square array of 5x5 transmitters. Digital predistortion is reformulated as a constrained optimization problem, and a solution for the simulated systems found using an interior-point method. A pruned DPD architecture is used to reduce the number of parameters. The results show that the point of maximum linearity does not match the point of maximum efficiency, under signal quality constraints.

Details

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2021 IEEE 22nd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
PublisherIEEE
Pages256-260
Number of pages5
ISBN (electronic)9781665428514
ISBN (print)978-1-6654-2852-1
Publication statusPublished - 30 Sept 2021
Peer-reviewedYes

Conference

Title2021 IEEE 22nd International Workshop on Signal Processing Advances in Wireless Communications (SPAWC)
Duration27 - 30 September 2021
LocationLucca, Italy

External IDs

Scopus 85122824155
ORCID /0009-0001-7208-8975/work/165454342

Keywords

Sustainable Development Goals

Keywords

  • Crosstalk, Energy efficiency, Linearity, Massive MIMO, Predistortion, Radio frequency, Radio transmitters