A subarray signal processing scheme is described for a large-scale two-dimensional analog-digital hybrid beamformer to be used in quasi-millimeter-wave-band mobile communication systems. Multiple analog phased arrays direct their respective beams to multiple users, enabling space-division multiple access (SDMA). An iterative soft-input soft-output (SISO) multi-user detector recovers multi-user signals from subarray output signals corrupted by inter-user interference (IUI). In addition, a phased-array directivity control algorithm is derived based on inter-subarray signal phase-difference estimation from inter-beam-interference (IBI)-cancelled subarray output signals. Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed scheme achieves reduced hardware complexity, IUI-resistant multi-user signal detection, and IBI-resistant multi-user-tracking phased-array directivity control.
Masaaki FUJII
Samsung R&D Institute Japan
Ji-Yun SEOL
Samsung Electronics
TaeYoung KIM
Samsung Electronics
JaeWeon CHO
Samsung Electronics
The copyright of the original papers published on this site belongs to IEICE. Unauthorized use of the original or translated papers is prohibited. See IEICE Provisions on Copyright for details.
Copy
Masaaki FUJII, Ji-Yun SEOL, TaeYoung KIM, JaeWeon CHO, "Subarray-Processing Iterative SISO Multi-User Detection and Multi-Beam Directivity Control for Large-Scale Antenna Array in Quasi-Millimeter-Wave SDMA Systems" in IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications,
vol. E96-B, no. 10, pp. 2650-2660, October 2013, doi: 10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2650.
Abstract: A subarray signal processing scheme is described for a large-scale two-dimensional analog-digital hybrid beamformer to be used in quasi-millimeter-wave-band mobile communication systems. Multiple analog phased arrays direct their respective beams to multiple users, enabling space-division multiple access (SDMA). An iterative soft-input soft-output (SISO) multi-user detector recovers multi-user signals from subarray output signals corrupted by inter-user interference (IUI). In addition, a phased-array directivity control algorithm is derived based on inter-subarray signal phase-difference estimation from inter-beam-interference (IBI)-cancelled subarray output signals. Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed scheme achieves reduced hardware complexity, IUI-resistant multi-user signal detection, and IBI-resistant multi-user-tracking phased-array directivity control.
URL: https://global.ieice.org/en_transactions/communications/10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2650/_p
Copy
@ARTICLE{e96-b_10_2650,
author={Masaaki FUJII, Ji-Yun SEOL, TaeYoung KIM, JaeWeon CHO, },
journal={IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications},
title={Subarray-Processing Iterative SISO Multi-User Detection and Multi-Beam Directivity Control for Large-Scale Antenna Array in Quasi-Millimeter-Wave SDMA Systems},
year={2013},
volume={E96-B},
number={10},
pages={2650-2660},
abstract={A subarray signal processing scheme is described for a large-scale two-dimensional analog-digital hybrid beamformer to be used in quasi-millimeter-wave-band mobile communication systems. Multiple analog phased arrays direct their respective beams to multiple users, enabling space-division multiple access (SDMA). An iterative soft-input soft-output (SISO) multi-user detector recovers multi-user signals from subarray output signals corrupted by inter-user interference (IUI). In addition, a phased-array directivity control algorithm is derived based on inter-subarray signal phase-difference estimation from inter-beam-interference (IBI)-cancelled subarray output signals. Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed scheme achieves reduced hardware complexity, IUI-resistant multi-user signal detection, and IBI-resistant multi-user-tracking phased-array directivity control.},
keywords={},
doi={10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2650},
ISSN={1745-1345},
month={October},}
Copy
TY - JOUR
TI - Subarray-Processing Iterative SISO Multi-User Detection and Multi-Beam Directivity Control for Large-Scale Antenna Array in Quasi-Millimeter-Wave SDMA Systems
T2 - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
SP - 2650
EP - 2660
AU - Masaaki FUJII
AU - Ji-Yun SEOL
AU - TaeYoung KIM
AU - JaeWeon CHO
PY - 2013
DO - 10.1587/transcom.E96.B.2650
JO - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
SN - 1745-1345
VL - E96-B
IS - 10
JA - IEICE TRANSACTIONS on Communications
Y1 - October 2013
AB - A subarray signal processing scheme is described for a large-scale two-dimensional analog-digital hybrid beamformer to be used in quasi-millimeter-wave-band mobile communication systems. Multiple analog phased arrays direct their respective beams to multiple users, enabling space-division multiple access (SDMA). An iterative soft-input soft-output (SISO) multi-user detector recovers multi-user signals from subarray output signals corrupted by inter-user interference (IUI). In addition, a phased-array directivity control algorithm is derived based on inter-subarray signal phase-difference estimation from inter-beam-interference (IBI)-cancelled subarray output signals. Simulation results demonstrate that our proposed scheme achieves reduced hardware complexity, IUI-resistant multi-user signal detection, and IBI-resistant multi-user-tracking phased-array directivity control.
ER -