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Low Power and Reduced Hardware UWB Beamformers for Future 5G Communications
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We present a novel hybrid beamforming architecture for high speed 5G technologies. The architecture combines several new concepts to achieve significant hardware and cost reduction for large antenna arrays. Specifically, we employ an on-site code division multiplexing scheme to group several antenna elements into a single analog-to-digital converter (ADC). This approach significantly reduces analog hardware and power requirements by a factor of 8 to 32. Additionally, we employ a novel analog frequency independent beamforming scheme to eliminate phase shifters altogether and allow for coherent combining at the analog front-end. This approach avoids traditional phase-shifter-based approaches typically associated with bulky and inefficient components. Preliminary analysis shows that for an array of 800 elements, as much as 97% reduction in cost and power is achieved using the hybrid beamformer as compared to conventional beamformer systems.
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- IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications Vol.E102-B No.2 pp.166-173
- Publication Date
- 2019/02/01
- Publicized
- 2018/08/21
- Online ISSN
- 1745-1345
- DOI
- 10.1587/transcom.2018ISI0003
- Type of Manuscript
- Special Section INVITED PAPER (Special Section on Recent Progress in Antennas and Propagation in Conjunction with Main Topics of ISAP2017)
- Category
- Antennas
Authors
John L. VOLAKIS
Florida International University
Rimon HOKAYEM
Florida International University
Satheesh Bojja VENKATAKRISHNAN
Florida International University
Elias A. ALWAN
Florida International University
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John L. VOLAKIS, Rimon HOKAYEM, Satheesh Bojja VENKATAKRISHNAN, Elias A. ALWAN, "Low Power and Reduced Hardware UWB Beamformers for Future 5G Communications" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E102-B, no. 2, pp. 166-173, February 2019, doi: 10.1587/transcom.2018ISI0003.
Abstract: We present a novel hybrid beamforming architecture for high speed 5G technologies. The architecture combines several new concepts to achieve significant hardware and cost reduction for large antenna arrays. Specifically, we employ an on-site code division multiplexing scheme to group several antenna elements into a single analog-to-digital converter (ADC). This approach significantly reduces analog hardware and power requirements by a factor of 8 to 32. Additionally, we employ a novel analog frequency independent beamforming scheme to eliminate phase shifters altogether and allow for coherent combining at the analog front-end. This approach avoids traditional phase-shifter-based approaches typically associated with bulky and inefficient components. Preliminary analysis shows that for an array of 800 elements, as much as 97% reduction in cost and power is achieved using the hybrid beamformer as compared to conventional beamformer systems.
URL: https://global.ieice.org/en_transactions/communications/10.1587/transcom.2018ISI0003/_p
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AU - Elias A. ALWAN
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