Power Minimization of Central Wishart MIMO Block-Fading Channels

In this correspondence, a central Wishart multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) K-block fading channel with an information outage probability constraint is studied. Under this block-limited channel condition, we aim to minimize the transmit power required for attaining a given outage probability based on the statistical channel information at the transmitter (SCIT). Using Gaussian approximation to express the probability density function (pdf) of the instantaneous mutual information and by deriving analytically the mean and variance of the mutual information of the MIMO channel, the optimal power allocation can be obtained numerically by a simple one-dimensional sampling method such as DIviding RECTange (DIRECT).