@article {952, title = {Partial-Duplex Amplify-and-Forward Relaying: Spectral Efficiency Analysis under Self-Interference}, journal = {IEEE Transactions on Wireless Communications}, volume = {18}, year = {2019}, month = {04/2019}, pages = { 2271-2285}, abstract = {
We propose a novel mode of operation for Amplify-and-
Forward relays in which the spectra of the relay input and
output signals partially overlap. This partial-duplex relaying mode
encompasses half- and full-duplex as particular cases. By viewing
the partial-duplex relay as a bandwidth-preserving Linear
Periodically Time-Varying system, a spectral efficiency analysis
under self-interference is developed. In contrast with previous
works, self-interference is regarded as a useful informationbearing
component rather than simply assimilated to noise. This
approach reveals that previous results regarding the impact of
self-interference on (full-duplex) relay performance are overly
pessimistic. Based on a frequency-domain interpretation of the
effect of self-interference, a number of suboptimal decoding
architectures at the destination node are also discussed. It is found
that the partial-duplex relaying mode may provide an attractive
tradeoff between spectral efficiency and receiver complexity.
}, keywords = {full-duplex, myrada, winter}, doi = {10.1109/TWC.2019.2902390}, author = {R. L{\'o}pez-Valcarce and C. Mosquera} }