An ISGW Filtering Antenna with Spurious Modes and Surface Wave Suppression for Millimeter Wave Communications

In this paper,an integrated substrate gap waveguide(ISGW)filtering antenna is proposed at millimeter wave band,whose surface wave and spurious modes are simultaneously suppressed.A secondorder filtering response is obtained through a coupling feeding scheme using one uniform impedance resonator(UIR)and two stepped-impedance resonators(SIRs).To increase the stopband width of the antenna,the spurious modes are suppressed by selecting the appropriate sizes of the ISGW unit cell.Furthermore,the ISGW is implemented to improve the radiation performance of the antenna by alleviating the propagation of surface wave.And an equivalent circuit is investigated to reveal the working principle of ISGW.To demonstrate this methodology,an ISGW filtering antenna operating at a center frequency of 25 GHz is designed,fabricated,and measured.The results show that the antenna achieves a stopband width of 1.6f0(center frequency),an out-of-band suppression level of 21 dB,and a peak realized gain of 8.5 dBi.

User Assisted Cooperative Relaying in Beamspace Massive MIMO NOMA Based Systems for Millimeter Wave Communications

A novel scheme‘user assisted cooperative relaying in beamspace massive multiple input multiple output(M-MIMO)non-orthogonal multiple access(NOMA)system’has been proposed to improve coverage area,spectrum and energy efficiency for millimeter wave(mmWave)communications.A downlink system for M users,where base station(BS)is equipped with beamforming lens antenna structure having NRF radio frequency(RF)chains,has been considered.A dynamic cluster of users is formed within a beam and the intermediate users(in that cluster)between beam source and destination(user)act as relaying stations.By the use of successive interference cancellation(SIC)technique of NOMA within a cluster,the relaying stations relay the symbols with improved power to the destination.For maximizing achievable sum rate,transmit precoding and dynamic power allocation for both intra and inter beam power optimization are implemented.Simulations for performance evaluation are carried out to validate that the proposed system outperforms the conventional beamspace M-MIMO NOMA system for mmWave communications in terms of spectrum and energy efficiency.

A Framework for Active Learning of Beam Alignment in Vehicular Millimeter Wave Communications by Onboard Sensors

Estimating time-selective millimeter wave wireless channels and then deriving the optimum beam alignment for directional antennas is a challenging task.To solve this problem,one can focus on tracking the strongest multipath components(MPCs).Aligning antenna beams with the tracked MPCs increases the channel coherence time by several orders of magnitude.This contribution suggests tracking the MPCs geometrically.The derived geometric tracker is based on algorithms known as Doppler bearing tracking.A recent work on geometric-polar tracking is reformulated into an efficient recursive version.If the relative position of the MPCs is known,all other sensors on board a vehicle,e.g.,lidar,radar,and camera,will perform active learning based on their own observed data.By learning the relationship between sensor data and MPCs,onboard sensors can participate in channel tracking.Joint tracking of many integrated sensors will increase the reliability of MPC tracking.

Radio Propagation and Wireless Coverage of LSAA-Based 5G Millimeter-Wave Mobile Communication Systems

Millimeter-wave(mm Wave) communications will be used in fifth-generation(5G) mobile communication systems, but they experience severe path loss and have high sensitivity to physical objects, leading to smaller cell radii and complicated network architectures. A coverage extension scheme using large-scale antenna arrays(LSAAs) has been suggested and theoretically proven to be cost-efficient in combination with ultradense small cell networks. To analyze and optimize the LSAA-based network deployments, a comprehensive survey of recent advances in statistical mmWave channel modeling is first presented in terms of channel parameter estimation, large-scale path loss models, and small-scale cluster models. Next, the measurement and modeling results at two 5G candidate mmWave bands(e.g., 28 GHz and 39 GHz) are reviewed and compared in several outdoor scenarios of interest, where the propagation characteristics make crucial contributions to wireless network designs. Finally, the coverage behaviors of systems employing a large number of antenna arrays are discussed, as well as some implications on future mmWave cellular network designs.

A robust beam tracking scheme for millimeter wave HetNets

Millimeter Wave(mmWave)communication has been widely acknowledged as an attractive solution to address high-speed transmission of massive data in 5G and beyond 5G systems due to the promising spectrum availability.However,mmWave signals are highly susceptible to blockage and may suffer from rapidly changing channels.Thus,directional/beam tracking becomes imperative yet essential for robust mmWave communications.To address this challenge,we propose a robust beam tracking scheme for mmWave Heterogeneous Networks(HetNets)with multi-connectivity.Different from most existing schemes,the proposed beam tracking scheme is effective for outage events.We first discuss theμWave-assisted beam tracking procedure with and without candidate beams,and then analyze the inherent correlation between mmWave link quality and the operating beamwidth and occlusion range to derive the optimal beamwidth.Theoretical and numerical results show that the proposed beam tracking scheme can improve the robustness of mmWave communications while guaranteeing the rate performance.

Multi-Hop Transmission Method of 5G Millimeter Wave Relay Based on Network Coding

With the rapid development of the Internet technology,millimeter wave(mmWave)will be used as a supplement to 5G low frequency bands to meet the extremely high system capacity requirements of 5G in hot spots.Although 5G mmWave communication can adapt to the needs of 5G network and carry a large amount of transmitted data,transmission stability has become one of the key technical issues of 5G network mmWave communication due to problems such as strong attenuation and poor penetration of mmWave.In order to improve the efficiency of the mmWave multi-hop transmission,we propose a 5G mmWave multi-hop transmission method based on network coding,which can adapt to the current wireless network environment,improve spectrum efficiency and increase network throughput.Based on MATLAB simulation experiments,it is verified that the proposed method can greatly improve the transmission efficiency and reduce the signal loss under the premise of ensuring the accurate signal transmission.

Millimeter-Wave Concurrent Beamforming:A Multi-Player Multi-Armed Bandit Approach

The communication in the Millimeter-wave(mmWave)band,i.e.,30~300 GHz,is characterized by short-range transmissions and the use of antenna beamforming(BF).Thus,multiple mmWave access points(APs)should be installed to fully cover a target environment with gigabits per second(Gbps)connectivity.However,inter-beam interference prevents maximizing the sum rates of the established concurrent links.In this paper,a reinforcement learning(RL)approach is proposed for enabling mmWave concurrent transmissions by finding out beam directions that maximize the long-term average sum rates of the concurrent links.Specifically,the problem is formulated as a multiplayer multiarmed bandit(MAB),where mmWave APs act as the players aiming to maximize their achievable rewards,i.e.,data rates,and the arms to play are the available beam directions.In this setup,a selfish concurrent multiplayer MAB strategy is advocated.Four different MAB algorithms,namely,ϵ-greedy,upper confidence bound(UCB),Thompson sampling(TS),and exponential weight algorithm for exploration and exploitation(EXP3)are examined by employing them in each AP to selfishly enhance its beam selection based only on its previous observations.After a few rounds of interactions,mmWave APs learn how to select concurrent beams that enhance the overall system performance.The proposed MAB based mmWave concurrent BF shows comparable performance to the optimal solution.

Design of a low-sidelobe-level and wideband dielectric resonator antenna array for 60 GHz millimeter wave communication

A low-sidelobe-level( SLL) and wideband linear dielectric resonator antenna( DRA) array is proposed for 60 GHz millimeter wave communication. The array consists of 10 wideband DRAs which work at 60 GHz and it is fed by a Chebyshev feeding network to get a low SLL. To avoid the influence from the feeding network,a U-shaped substrate and a conformal ground are used,which can separate the DRA array and the feeding network. The parameter analysis and simulated results are presented.

Millimeter Wave and THz Propagation Channel Modeling for High-Data Rate Railway Connectivity--Status and Open Challenges

In the new era of railways, infrastructure, trains and travelers will be interconnected. In order to realize a seamless high-data rate wireless connectivity, up to dozens of GHz bandwidth is required. This motivates the exploration of the underutilized millimeter wave （mmWave） as well as the largely unexplored THz band. In this paper, we first identify relevant communication scenarios for railway applications. Then the specific challenges and estimates of the bandwidth requirements for high-data rate railway connec-tivity in these communication scenarios are described. Finally, we outline the major challenges on propagation channel modeling and provide a technical route for further studies.

Status Quo and Prospect of Millimeter Wave RoF Communication Technology

The optical communication technology features low cost,wide band,low loss,and anti-electromagnetic interference performance.By combining the optical communication technology with the radio millimeter wave communication system,the Millimeter Wave Radio over Fiber (MM-RoF) system boasts a lot of advantages,including wide band,small size,light weight,low cost,low loss,and resistance of electromagnetic interference as well as high transmission quality.The MM-RoF technology solves the problems faced by traditional microwave transmission system at the millimeter wave band,namely,high loss and inability to resist interference efficiently.Meanwhile,it puts an end to the bottleneck of millimeter wave electronic devices and thus is deemed as with great potentials.The MM-ROF technology that supports multiple formats and services signifies one of the significant trends for future development of the MM-RoF system.

Millimeter Wave Communication for Cellular and Cellular-802.11 Hybrid Networks

The demand for wireless data has been driving network capacity to double about every two years for the past 50 years, if not 100 years, and this has come to be known as Cooper＇s Law. In recent years, this trend has accelerated as a greater proportion of the population adopts wireless devices with ever greater capabilities, including tablets that support HD video and other advanced capabilities.

Millimeter Wave Reconfigurable Metasurface Intelligent Reflecting Surface Based on Piezoelectric Crystal for 5th and 6th Generation of Wireless Communication

The new requirements from the 5th and the 6th generation of wireless communication are ultra-high data rate, energy efficiency, wide coverage and connectivity, high reliability, and low latency. The current technologies cannot achieve all the mentioned requirements. New technologies and new approaches for deploying more active and passive nodes must be developed. Furthermore, the use of MMW band and THz band (30 - 300 GHz), in order to utilize their huge bandwidth, results in deploying more active node and more antennas due to high propagation losses and “LOS” behavior at this band. Development of innovative technologies is necessary to realize the above demand for growth of future wireless communication. The main task is to suggest solutions for the time varying characteristic of the wireless channel due to the user mobility and shadowing or blocking of communication channel. The current methods such as use of pilot channel to estimate the fading, various modulation or coding and beamforming, have overhead and limitations over random (large, unexpected changes) channels.

基于级联角度的AIRS辅助大规模MIMO系统波束跟踪方案

智能反射表面(intelligent reflecting surface,IRS)可以通过提供额外的视线(line of sight,LoS)路径补偿传播损耗或解决阻塞问题,有效地提高毫米波(millimeter wave,mmWave)通信系统的性能,被认为是下一代移动通信的核心技术。与传统的地面IRS相比,部署在无人机、热气球等空中平台上的空中IRS(aerial IRS,AIRS)结合了空中平台的高移动特性/旋转特性和IRS提供的优质链路特性,可以提供更广阔的信号覆盖范围。考虑到现实场景中用户的移动性,通信系统有必要实时调整波束成形以使波束对准移动用户。然而,AIRS不具备有源射频链,难以在AIRS处获取离开角和到达角,增加了波束跟踪的复杂性。针对这一问题,建立了具有时变信道的AIRS辅助mmWave大规模多输入多输出(multiple input multiple output,MIMO)系统模型,结合基站端有源波束成形、AIRS的旋转角度和无源波束成形设计,提出了一种基于级联角度的无迹卡尔曼滤波波束跟踪方案。仿真结果表明,提出的方案具有较高的跟踪精度,同时AIRS的旋转特性对提升系统可达速率起着重要作用。

A Novel Beam Design Method for mm Wave Multi-Antenna Arrays with Mutual Coupling Reduction

To overcome the mutual coupling (MC) of multiple antennas in millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems, a novel beam design method with low complexity is proposed in this paper. Firstly, an equivalent channel model incorporating the effect of MC is analyzed and established, and then an optimal precoding / combiner vector for beamforming is derived. On this basis, by using greedy geometric (GG) algorithm, a novel hybrid beam design method is proposed. Finally, the performance of proposed method is analyzed and compared with other traditional ones. The simulation results show that the proposed method has better suppression of the MC effect as well as lower complexity.

Deep reinforcement learning-based resource allocation for D2D communications in heterogeneous cellular networks

Device-to-Device(D2D)communication-enabled Heterogeneous Cellular Networks(HCNs)have been a promising technology for satisfying the growing demands of smart mobile devices in fifth-generation mobile networks.The introduction of Millimeter Wave(mm-wave)communications into D2D-enabled HCNs allows higher system capacity and user data rates to be achieved.However,interference among cellular and D2D links remains severe due to spectrum sharing.In this paper,to guarantee user Quality of Service(QoS)requirements and effectively manage the interference among users,we focus on investigating the joint optimization problem of mode selection and channel allocation in D2D-enabled HCNs with mm-wave and cellular bands.The optimization problem is formulated as the maximization of the system sum-rate under QoS constraints of both cellular and D2D users in HCNs.To solve it,a distributed multiagent deep Q-network algorithm is proposed,where the reward function is redefined according to the optimization objective.In addition,to reduce signaling overhead,a partial information sharing strategy that does not observe global information is proposed for D2D agents to select the optimal mode and channel through learning.Simulation results illustrate that the proposed joint optimization algorithm possesses good convergence and achieves better system performance compared with other existing schemes.

A Novel 28 GHz Phased Array Antenna for 5G Mobile Communications

A novel phased array antenna consisting of 256 elements is presented and experimentally verified for 5G millimeter-wave wireless communications.The antenna integrated with a wave control circuit can perform real-time beam scanning by reconfiguring the phase of an antenna unit.The unit,designed at 28 GHz using a simple patch structure with one PIN diode,can be electronically controlled to generate 1 bit phase quantization.A prototype of the antenna is fabricated and measured to demonstrate the feasibility of this approach.The measurement results indicate that the antenna achieves high gain and fast beam-steering,with the scan beams within±60°range and the maximum gain up to 21.7 dBi.Furthermore,it is also tested for wireless video transmission.In ZTE Shanghai,the antenna was used for the 5G New Radio(NR)test.The error vector magnitude(EVM)is less than 3%and the adjacent channel leakage ratio(ACLR)less than−35 dBc,which can meet 5G system requirements.Compared with the conventional phased array antenna,the proposed phased array has the advantages of low power consumption,low cost and conformal geometry.Due to these characteristics,the antenna is promising for wide applications in 5G millimeter-wave communication systems.

A Wideband Circularly Polarized Patch Antenna for 60 GHz Wireless Communications

This paper presents the design of a fully packaged 60 GHz wideband patch antenna incorporating an air cavity and a fused silica superstrate. Circular polarization (CP) is realized by introducing a diagonal slot at the center of the square patch. By optimizing the patch and the slot dimensions, a high efficiency (>90%) microstrip fed CP antenna with an impedance bandwidth of 24% and a 6 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 21.5% is designed. A coplanar waveguide (CPW) to microstrip transition with λ/4-open-ended stubs are then designed to match the antenna to the CPW packaging interface. The experimental results of the final packaged antenna agree reasonably with the simulation results, demonstrating an impedance bandwidth of more than 26% and a 6 dB axial ratio bandwidth of 22.7%.

Substrate Integrated Waveguide Based Monopulse Slot Antenna Arrays for 60 GHz Applications

Monopulse slot antenna arrays based on substrate integrated waveguide （SIW） are proposed for the application of 60 GHz mono- pulse tracking systems in this paper. The sum-difference monopulse comparator can provide a high amplitude and phase balance over wide frequency band and no phase delay technique is required for the difference channel. Resonant slot antennas are adopted as the radiating elements since they can be integrated with the sum-difference monopulse comparator in a single layer with a compact size. Two monopulse arrays with 2× 4 and 4×4 slot elements are designed, fabricated, and measured. Measured results show that the proposed antenna arrays have wide bandwidth covering the unlicensed 60-GHz band. The peak sum beam gain is 13.85 dBi for the 2 ×4 element array and 16.24 dBi for the 4×4 element array. The peak difference beam gain is 11.20 dBi for the 2×4 element array and 12.11 dBi for the 4×4 element array and the maximum null depth can reach -40 dB.

毫米波MU-MIMO系统中自适应混合预编码器的设计

基于毫米波通信和大规模多输入多输出(Multi-input Multi-output,MIMO)技术,构建了适用于蜂窝车联网(C-V2X)等多用户多数据流场景的毫米波大规模MIMO系统,以降低系统的总功耗、硬件复杂度和计算复杂度。设计一种基于比特流的自适应连接大规模MIMO架构,与其他自适应连接架构相比,所提自适应连接架构在阵列分组更小的情况下,使用的移相器和交换开关更少;并且随着阵列分组数的增加,该架构在毫米波多用户MIMO(MU-MIMO)系统中的功耗逐渐降低。仿真结果表明,在采用该架构的毫米波MU-MIMO-OFDM系统中,随着数据流总数的增加,一些现有混合预编码方案可以获得更高的数据传输速率。

基于深度学习的多用户毫米波中继网络混合波束赋形

针对传统多用户毫米波中继系统波束赋形方案计算复杂度高的问题,提出一种基于深度学习(DL)的奇异值分解(SVD)方法来设计混合波束赋形,以优化发送端、中继端和接收端波束赋形器。首先,利用DL方法设计发送端、中继端的波束赋形矩阵最大化可实现的频谱效率;然后,设计中继端、接收端的频带波束赋形矩阵以最大化等效信道增益;最后,在接收端设计最小均方误差(MMSE)滤波器消除用户间干扰。理论分析和仿真结果表明,基于DL的混合波束赋形方法相较于交替最大化(AltMax)与传统SVD方法:在高维信道矩阵和较多的用户情况下,计算复杂度分别降低了12.5%和23.44%;在已知信道状态信息(CSI)的情况下,频谱效率分别提高了2.277%和21.335%,在非完美CSI情况下,频谱效率分别提高了11.452%和43.375%。