Dynamic and location‐based power allocation mechanism for inter‐cell interference mitigation in 5G heterogeneous cellular network

In this paper, a dynamic and location‐based power allocation mechanism is proposed which could be adopted at both macrocell (MC) and overlaid fixed/mobile small cells (SCs) to mitigate inter‐cell interference (ICI) effects in heterogeneous cellular networks (HetCNs). The proposed Dynamic Power Allocation based on User Location (DPAUL) mechanism allows both MCs and deployed fixed/mobile SCs to dynamically allocate transmit power to its serving base stations (BSs) based on the location of a user in the cell. The paper illustrates the mitigation of dynamic downlink interferences occurring due to the mobility of SCs and users. The mobility of cell and its users is analyzed by introducing the Cell‐User mobility (CUM) model in the network. The proposed DPAUL mechanism is compared with the authors' other ICI mitigation techniques: Dynamic Fixed Region Cooperation (DFRC) and Dynamic Power Allocation Mechanism (DPAM). The network metrics Sumrate, User throughput, Energy‐efficiency, and Outage probability are investigated with allocation of sub 6 GHz and mmWave spectrums at MCs and fSCs/mSCs, respectively.     

Efficient Beam‐Training Technique for Millimeter‐Wave Cellular Communications

In this paper, a beam ID preamble (BIDP) technique, where a beam ID is transmitted in the physical layer, is proposed for efficient beam training in millimeter‐wave cellular communication systems. To facilitate beam ID detection in a multicell environment with multiple beams, a BIDP is designed such that a beam ID is mapped onto a Zadoff–Chu sequence in association with its cell ID. By analyzing the correlation property of the BIDP, it is shown that multiple beams can be transmitted simultaneously with the proposed technique with minimal interbeam interference in a multicell environment, where beams have different time delays due to propagation delay or multipath channel delay. Through simulation with a spatial channel model, it is shown that the best beam pairs can be found with a significantly reduced processing time of beam training in the proposed technique.     

Spatial Reuse Algorithm Using Interference Graph in Millimeter Wave Beamforming Systems

This paper proposes a graph‐theatrical approach to optimize spatial reuse by adopting a technique that quantizes the channel information into single bit sub‐messages. First, we introduce an interference graph to model the network topology. Based on the interference graph, the computational requirements of the algorithm that computes the optimal spatial reuse factor of each user are reduced to quasilinear time complexity, ideal for practical implementation. We perform a resource allocation procedure that can maximize the efficiency of spatial reuse. The proposed spatial reuse scheme provides advantages in beamforming systems, where in the interference with neighbor nodes can be mitigated by using directional beams. Based on results of system level measurements performed to illustrate the physical interference from practical millimeter wave wireless links, we conclude that the potential of the proposed algorithm is both feasible and promising.     

Resource optimization of secure energy efficiency based on mmWave massive MIMO-NOMA system with SWIPT

The secure energy efficiency (SEE) problem was investigated for the millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple input multiple output (MIMO) non-orthogonal multiplex access (NOMA) systems with simultaneous wireless information and power transfer (SWIPT) in the presence of multiple legitimate receiver (LR) and an eavesdropper.LR was first grouped according to the channel state information and the cluster heads of each group were selected,then the LR of each cluster was served by each beam with NOMA and hybrid precoding technology.Based on this,a SEE maximization problem was formulated by optimizing power allocation and power splitting factors.The Dinkelbach algorithm and first order Taylor approximation were proposed to transform the original non-convex problem into a convex one,and an iterative algorithm was developed to solve it.Finally,numerical results show that the proposed scheme can effectively improve the SEE.     

Simulation and measurement: Feasibility study of Tactile Internet applications for mmWave virtual reality

Numerous wearable technology companies have recently developed several head‐mounted display (HMD) products for virtual reality (VR) services. 5G wireless networks aim at providing high‐quality 3D multimedia services such as VR, augmented reality, and mixed reality. In this study, we examine the application of millimeter‐wave (mmWave) technology to realize low‐latency wireless communication between an HMD and its content server. However, the propagation characteristics of mmWave present several challenges such as the deafness, blockage, and beam alignment problems, and interference among content servers. In this study, we focus on an environment that provides VR services in the mmWave band and introduce existing techniques for addressing such challenges. In addition, we employ a commercialized IEEE 802.11ad VR dongle to measure the actual data rate of an mmWave VR application and identify the degree to which the performance deteriorates when the above problems occur. Finally, we verify the feasibility of the proposed solutions through a simulation of several VR scenarios in the mmWave band.     

5G毫米波端到端性能测试技术研究

面向5G毫米波大规模阵列天线基站,创新提出了端到端性能测试系统。从技术原理、硬件架构、系统校准这几个维讨论了如何完成毫米波基站的性能验证。依据3GPP定义的信道模型,仿真了暗室静区中的最关键指标角度功率谱相似度百分比,并且给出了指标建议。     

基于透镜天线阵的毫米波系统波束选择研究

透镜天线阵列下毫米波大规模多输入多输出(MIMO)系统通过波束选择可以大大减少所需的射频链数目,解决系统硬件成本和能耗过高的问题,然而,波束选择需要基站端获取准确的信道状态信息.对此,文章首先利用波束空间的结构特性,采用基于支持检测(SD)的信道估计方案,以较低的导频开销和计算复杂度对大尺寸信道进行更加可靠的估计;其次...     

无人机辅助多用户毫米波MIMO系统的透镜波束预编码技术研究

无人机(UAV)与毫米波(mmWave)多输入多输出(MIMO)系统的结合可以提供高数据速率的空中链路,然而其部署位置及波束赋形设计直接影响无线通信系统的吞吐量。为实现多用户同时接入通信,该文提出基于离散透镜阵列(DLA)结构的波束空间预编码技术,构建了联合UAV飞行高度、波束选择及混合预编码的优化方案。为了解决这一涉及随机目标函数的非凸优化问题,该文利用最小化加权最小均方误差方法,将问题转化为求一系列子优化问题,进而通过一种惩罚对偶分解(PDD)算法求解。数值仿真结果表明,该方案能够实现接近全数字波束赋形方案的频谱效率性能。     

5G关键技术挑战及发展趋势

5G将是什么?它不是在4G基础上的渐进式进步,实际上,5G需要经历的是包括具有高频率载波的大量带宽,极端基站和高密集度设备以及空前数量的天线的范式转变。与前四代不同,它将是高度集成的,利用LTE和Wi Fi技术将5G接口与频谱相结合,以提供通用的高速率覆盖和无缝的用户体验,为了支持这一点,核心网络还必须达到前所未有的灵活性和智能水平,需要重新考虑和改进频谱调节,能源效率和成本优化将成为更加关键的考虑因素。本文将以超密度,mm Wave和大规模多输入多输出(MIMO)三方面为切入点分析和讨论确定未来研究和初步标准化5G的关键技术挑战及发展趋势。     

Sparse array of sub-surface aided blockage-free multi-user mmWave communication systems

Recently, Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) have drawn intensive attention in the realization of the smart radio environment. However, existing works mainly consider the RIS as a whole uniform plane, which may be unrealistic to be installed on the facade of buildings when the RIS is extremely large. In contrast, this paper investigates a practical Sparse Array of Sub-surface (SAoS) deployment of the RIS for uplink multi-user millimeter Wave (mmWave) communication systems, in which the Mobile Stations (MSs) are distributed in the blind coverage area due to the blockage. In order to exploit the benefits of the sparse deployment, the correlation of the effective channel is firstly investigated. Then the approximation and lower bounds of the ergodic spectral efficiency are derived under frequency and spatial multiplexing scenarios, respectively. Based on the autocorrelation of the effective channel, we obtain an optimal reflect coefficient design as well as the deployment guidelines of RIS tiles. Moreover, the RIS tile scheduling algorithms are also proposed. Numerical results show that the ergodic spectral efficiency approximation matches well with the Monte Carlo result under frequency multiplexing scenarios, and the lower bound is tight under spatial multiplexing scenarios only when the effective channel is strongly correlated. On the basis of the RIS tile scheduling algorithm and the reflect coefficient design, the system performance can be significantly improved under frequency multiplexing scenarios. On the other hand, by deploying more sparse RIS tiles, we can increase the multiplexing gain under spatial multiplexing scenarios.