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Spectral-Efficient MIMO-OFDM: Low-Complexity Solution based on Random Multiplexing

Aug 2026 · 0 citations · 21 references
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Numerical results coincide with the analysis and demonstrate significant improvements in terms of achievable rates and bit error rate compared to conventional MIMO-OFDM counterpart, making the proposed scheme a promising solution to 6G and beyond wireless networks.

Abstract

This paper presents a low-complexity precoded MIMO-OFDM system for achieving improved spectral efficiency (SE) via intentionally compressing information symbols among subcarriers. Particularly, the proposed scheme leverages the powerful random multiplexing mechanism for precoding, and adopts the linear-complexity orthogonal approximate message passing (OAMP) estimator for symbol detection, where the compatibility with the existing fifth generation (5G) architectures is fully preserved. We further provide the theoretical analysis based on the replica-symmetric (RS) formula. This analysis confirms the advantages of the proposed system with respect to the adopted compression ratios, where an interesting phase transition behavior is verified. Numerical results coincide with our analysis and demonstrate significant improvements in terms of achievable rates and bit error rate (BER) compared to conventional MIMO-OFDM counterpart, making the proposed scheme a promising solution to 6G and beyond wireless networks.

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