Joint Transmit and Receive Antenna Selection in Mimo Systems Based on Swarm Intelligence Algorithm

Multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) can provide superior performances such as system capacity, linkage, etc. But also it will bring high RF costs and system complexity, especially in large scale MIMO systems. Antenna selection (AS) is proved to be a trade-off between good performances and complexity. Specifically, from the perspective of both transmit and receive antennas, the joint transmit and receive antenna selection (JTRAS) is employed in MIMO systems. Up to now, some algorithms of JTRAS have been studied in MIMO systems. However, most of them are mainly focused on just one aspect about accuracy or complexity. Especially, compared to numerical analysis, the implementation of swarm intelligence algorithm in JTRAS needs to be studied extensively. In the paper, three intelligent algorithms, i.e. genetic algorithm, cat swarm algorithm and particle swarm algorithm are studied and compared in terms of accuracy, cost, and complexity. In addition, fractional coding is proposed in the algorithms instead of binary integer coding. The simulation results demonstrate that all three algorithms can efficiently accomplish the antenna selection. PSO has the best accuracy and stability, but the complexity of PSO is also highest. If we take overall performances in consideration, CSO is the best choice especially in practical implementation. Moreover, fractional coding will provide better performance than binary integer coding.