In a millimeter-wave(mmWave)Massive multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)systems,full-digital beamforming(i.e.,connecting each antenna with a specific radio-frequency(RF)chain)becomes inefficient due to the hardware co...In a millimeter-wave(mmWave)Massive multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)systems,full-digital beamforming(i.e.,connecting each antenna with a specific radio-frequency(RF)chain)becomes inefficient due to the hardware cost and power consumption.Therefore,hybrid analog and digital transceiver where the number of RF chains are much smaller than that of the antennas has drawn great research interest.In this work,we investigate the use of low-resolution analog-to-digital converters(ADCs)in the uplink of multi-user hybrid and full-digital mmWave Massive MIMO systems.To be specific,we compare the performance of full-digital minimum mean square error(MMSE)and hybrid MMSE beamforming in both sum rates and energy efficiency.Accurate approximations of sum rates and energy efficiency are provided for both schemes,which captures the dominant factors.The analytical results show that full-digital beamforming outperforms hybrid beamforming in terms of sum rates and requires only a small portion(γ)of antennas used by hybrid beamforming to achieve the same sum rates.We given sufficient condition for full-digital beamforming to outperform hybrid beamforming in terms of energy efficiency.Moreover,an algorithm is proposed to search for the optimal ADC resolution bits.Numerical results demonstrate the correctness of the analysis.展开更多
基金supported in part by the Key Research&Development Plan of Jiangsu Province(No.BE2018108)National Nature Science Foundation of China(Nos.61701198&61772243)+3 种基金Nature Science Foundation of Jiangsu Province(No.BK20170557)Nature Science Foundation for Higher Education Institutions of Jiangsu Province of China(No.17KJB510009)the open research fund of National Mobile Communications Research Laboratory,Southeast University(No.2018D13)Young Talent Project of Jiangsu University and Postgraduate Research&Practice Innovation Program of Jiangsu Province(No.SJCX18_0742)
文摘In a millimeter-wave(mmWave)Massive multiple-input multiple-output(MIMO)systems,full-digital beamforming(i.e.,connecting each antenna with a specific radio-frequency(RF)chain)becomes inefficient due to the hardware cost and power consumption.Therefore,hybrid analog and digital transceiver where the number of RF chains are much smaller than that of the antennas has drawn great research interest.In this work,we investigate the use of low-resolution analog-to-digital converters(ADCs)in the uplink of multi-user hybrid and full-digital mmWave Massive MIMO systems.To be specific,we compare the performance of full-digital minimum mean square error(MMSE)and hybrid MMSE beamforming in both sum rates and energy efficiency.Accurate approximations of sum rates and energy efficiency are provided for both schemes,which captures the dominant factors.The analytical results show that full-digital beamforming outperforms hybrid beamforming in terms of sum rates and requires only a small portion(γ)of antennas used by hybrid beamforming to achieve the same sum rates.We given sufficient condition for full-digital beamforming to outperform hybrid beamforming in terms of energy efficiency.Moreover,an algorithm is proposed to search for the optimal ADC resolution bits.Numerical results demonstrate the correctness of the analysis.
文摘时域延迟线架构ADC的非线性问题,导致其无法达到较高的分辨率。针对该问题,提出了一种将Flash和延迟线架构相结合的新型低功耗11位ADC。该新型混合ADC架构由两个模块构成,分别为4位Flash ADC架构和7位延迟线ADC架构,因此同时具有Flash ADC和延迟线ADC的准确性和高效性。采用CHARTERED 65 nm Dual Gate Mixed Signal CMOS Process设计并绘制出混合式ADC版图。实验测试结果显示,在供应电压为1.1 V和采样效率为100 Msample/s的条件下,混合式ADC产生的信噪失真比(SNDR)为60 d B,消耗功率为1.6 m W。在无需任何校准技术的情况下,混合式ADC产生的品质因数(FOM)为19.4 f J/分级转换。此外,利用不匹配的3σ设备进行了蒙特卡罗试验,结果表明,SNDR值低于其ADC架构。
