Models for spatial selection during location-aware beamforming in ultra-dense millimeter wave radio access networks

Fokin G.A., Volgushev D.B.
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The work solves the problem of establishing the dependence of the potential for spatial selection of useful and interfering signals according to the signal-to-interference ratio criterion on the positioning error of user equipment during beamforming by their location at a base station, equipped with an antenna array. Configurable simulation parameters include planar antenna array with a different number of antenna elements, movement trajectory, as well as the accuracy of user equipment location estimation using root mean square error of coordinate estimates. The model implements three algorithms for controlling the shape of the antenna radiation pattern: 1) controlling the beam direction for one maximum and one zero; 2) controlling the shape and width of the main beam; 3) adaptive beamforming. The simulation results showed, that the first algorithm is most effective, when the number of antenna array elements is no more than 5 and the positioning error is no more than 7 m, and the second algorithm is appropriate to employ, when the number of antenna array elements is more than 15 and the positioning error is more than 5 m. Adaptive beamforming is implemented using a training signal and provides optimal spatial selection of useful and interfering signals without device location data, but is characterized by high complexity of hardware implementation. Scripts of the developed models are available for verification. The results obtained can be used in the development of scientifically based recommendations for beam control in ultra-dense millimeter-wave radio access networks of the fifth and subsequent generations.

Keywords: beamforming, beam management, antenna array, signal-to-noise ratio, positioning, coordinate estimate
Citation in English: Fokin G.A., Volgushev D.B. Models for spatial selection during location-aware beamforming in ultra-dense millimeter wave radio access networks // Computer Research and Modeling, 2024, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 195-216
Citation in English: Fokin G.A., Volgushev D.B. Models for spatial selection during location-aware beamforming in ultra-dense millimeter wave radio access networks // Computer Research and Modeling, 2024, vol. 16, no. 1, pp. 195-216
DOI: 10.20537/2076-7633-2024-16-1-195-216
URL: http://crm-en.ics.org.ru/journal/article/3443/
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