Robust Design for Intelligent Reflecting Surface-Assisted MIMO-OFDMA Terahertz IoT Networks

Wanming Hao, Gangcan Sun, Ming Zeng, Zheng Chu, Zhengyu Zhu, Octavia A. Dobre, Pei Xiao

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Abstract

Terahertz (THz) communication has been regarded as one promising technology to enhance the transmission capacity of future Internet-of-Things (IoT) users due to its ultrawide bandwidth. Nonetheless, one major obstacle that prevents the actual deployment of THz lies in its inherent huge attenuation. Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) and multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) represent two effective solutions for compensating the large path loss in THz systems. In this article, we consider an IRS-aided multiuser THz MIMO system with orthogonal frequency-division multiple (OFDM) access, where the sparse radio frequency chain antenna structure is adopted for reducing the power consumption. The objective is to maximize the weighted sum rate via jointly optimizing the hybrid analog/digital beamforming at the base station (BS) and reflection matrix at the IRS. Since the analog beamforming and reflection matrix need to cater all users and subcarriers, it is difficult to directly solve the formulated problem, and thus, an alternatively iterative optimization algorithm is proposed. Specifically, the analog beamforming is designed by solving a MIMO capacity maximization problem, while the digital beamforming and reflection matrix optimization are both tackled using semidefinite relaxation (SDR) technique. Considering that obtaining perfect channel state information (CSI) is a challenging task in IRS-based systems, we further explore the case with the imperfect CSI for the channels from the IRS to users. Under this setup, we propose a robust beamforming and reflection matrix design scheme for the originally formulated nonconvex optimization problem. Finally, simulation results are presented to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed algorithms.

Original languageEnglish
Article number9371019
Pages (from-to)13052-13064
Number of pages13
JournalIEEE Internet of Things Journal
Volume8
Issue number16
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 15 Aug 2021
Externally publishedYes

Keywords

  • Hybrid beamforming
  • intelligent reflecting surfaces (IRS)
  • multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO)
  • terahertz (THz)

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Information Systems
  • Hardware and Architecture
  • Computer Science Applications
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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