List of Symbols
| (·)[n, k] | The indices indicating the kth subcarrier of the nth OFDM symbol |
| (·)T | The transposition operation |
| (·)H | Hermitian transpose |
| (·)* | Complex conjugate |
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The imaginary component of a complex number |
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The real component of a complex number |
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Imaginary part of a complex value |
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Mutual information |
| π | The ratio of the circumference of a circle to the diameter |
| R{·} | Real part of a complex value |
| exp(·) | The exponential operation |
| A(l) | The remaining user set for the lth iteration of the subcarrier-to-user assignment process |
| AT | Matrix/vector transpose |
| AH | Matrix/vector hermitian adjoint, i.e. complex conjugate transpose |
| A* | Matrix/vector/scalar complex conjugate |
| A−1 | Matrix inverse |
| A+ | Moore-Penrose pseudoinverse |
| tr(A) | Trace of matrix, i.e. the sum of its diagonal elements |
| αP | The user load of an L-user and P-receiver conventional SDMA system |
| BT | The overall system throughput in bits per OFDM symbol |
| (ice, idet, idec) | Number of (channel estimation, detection, decoding) ... |
