Outage probability and achievable rate analysis for massive MIMO downlink with mixed-DAC and MF precoding

This paper analyses of the outage probability and the achievable rate of massive multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) systems, in which the base station (BS) is equipped with digital-to-analog-converters (DACs) of mixed-level resolution. And the matched-filter (MF) precoding is used on the BS. Closed-form expressions are derived by the distribution of user-interference power and other statistical properties in the signal-to-interference-plus-noise-ratio. Then, the combination of mixed-DACs resolution profile is chosen about outage probability and achievable rate with the BS energy consumption. And the resolution configurations between the outage probability and the achievable rate and the BS energy consumption are given. Meanwhile, Effects of related parameters and channel errors are analysed about outage probability and achievable rate. The numerical results show that the correctness of the formula derivations. As the number of users increases the system's achievable rate increases and the outage probability decreases. The selected resolution configuration system has better comprehensive performance.