How to Mobilize Mmwave: A Joint Beam and Channel Tracking Approach

Jiahui Li, Yin Sun, Limin Xiao, Shidong Zhou, Ashutosh Sabharwal

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15 Scopus citations

Abstract

Maintaining reliable millimeter wave (mmWave) connections to many fast-moving mobiles is a key challenge in the theory and practice of 5G systems. In this paper, we develop a new algorithm that can jointly track the beam direction and channel coefficient of mm Wave propagation paths using phased antenna arrays. Despite the significant difficulty in this problem, our algorithm can simultaneously achieve fast tracking speed, high tracking accuracy, and low pilot overhead. In static scenarios, this algorithm can converge to the minimum Cramér-Rao lower bound of beam direction with high probability. Simulations reveal that this algorithm greatly outperforms several existing algorithms. Even at SNRs as low as 5dB, our algorithm is capable of tracking a mobile moving at an angular velocity of 5.45 degrees per second and achieving over 95% of channel capacity with a 32-antenna phased array, by inserting only 10 pilots per second.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages3624-3628
Number of pages5
ISBN (Print)9781538646588
DOIs
StatePublished - Sep 10 2018
Event2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018 - Calgary, Canada
Duration: Apr 15 2018Apr 20 2018

Publication series

NameICASSP, IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech and Signal Processing - Proceedings
Volume2018-April
ISSN (Print)1520-6149

Other

Other2018 IEEE International Conference on Acoustics, Speech, and Signal Processing, ICASSP 2018
Country/TerritoryCanada
CityCalgary
Period4/15/184/20/18

Keywords

  • Beam and channel tracking
  • Fast tracking speed
  • High accuracy
  • Mm Wave
  • Phased antenna arrays

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Software
  • Signal Processing
  • Electrical and Electronic Engineering

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