Cell Partitioning Antenna System Performance in Multi-User Scenarios for mmWave Communications

Thomas Bressner (Corresponding author), Amr Elsakka (Corresponding author), Amirashkan Farsaei, Martin N. Johansson, Oleg A. Iupikov, Rob Maaskant, A.B. Smolders, Ulf Johannsen

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Fixed-beam, high-gain antenna systems can be used for a finer partitioning of the currently used cell-sectoring. This partitioning has the benefit of reducing the number of users seen per antenna beam, which reduces interference. Furthermore, the high antenna gain allows for a high effective isotropic radiated power while keeping the transmit power low. In this paper, we study the performance of such a fixed-beam, high gain antenna system design for millimeter-wave mobile communications. The antenna system is designed to keep the inter-sector interference in a multi-site scenario low. The performance is analyzed for single- and multi-user environments. In single-input single-output mode, the 50th percentile of the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio lies between 12.5 dB to 39.7 dB if 3 to 0 interferers are present, respectively. For multiple-input multiple-output transmission using zero-forcing, the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio increases and the 50th percentile ranges from 36.1 dB to 43.3 dB if 3 to 0 interferes are present, respectively. By using maximum ratio transmission, the best performance is achieved with no interferers present, while a plunge in performance is observed with interferers. Furthermore, the study revealed that the narrow beam antenna system can also provide a clear signal separation for small spatial separations. In the given example, the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio is larger than 32.1 dB with 11 active antenna elements, where 2.8 meters separate the users. Hence, the paper shows that the cell-partitioning antenna systems provide coverage in the desired area while keeping the inter-sector interference low, and the considered transmission techniques can be used for situation optimized mobile communication links.
Originele taal-2Engels
Pagina's (van-tot)127141-127149
Aantal pagina's9
TijdschriftIEEE Access
Volume9
DOI's
StatusGepubliceerd - 8 sep. 2021

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This work was supported by the European Union’s Horizon 2020 Research and Innovation Programme under Marie Sklodowska-Curie Grant 721732.

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Horizon 2020 Framework Programme721732

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