DocumentCode :
1261217
Title :
Frequency-Domain AoA Estimation and Beamforming with Wideband Hybrid Arrays
Author :
Huang, Xiaojing ; Guo, Y. Jay
Author_Institution :
CSIRO ICT Centre, Marsfield, NSW, Australia
Volume :
10
Issue :
8
fYear :
2011
fDate :
8/1/2011 12:00:00 AM
Firstpage :
2543
Lastpage :
2553
Abstract :
High speed long range millimetre-wave (mm-wave) links can be achieved by using wideband hybrid antenna arrays of sub-arrays. Due to the array architecture difference, conventional wideband angle-of-arrival (AoA) estimation and beamforming techniques are not applicable to such wideband hybrid arrays. Targeted at point-to-point line-of-sight wireless transmission in the 70/80 GHz E bands, a unified frequency-domain AoA estimation and beamforming algorithm suitable for large scale wideband hybrid arrays of both interleaved and side-by-side sub-arrays is proposed in this paper. The AoA estimation performance is analyzed by deriving a recursive modified Cramér-Rao bound (MCRB). The effect of mutual coupling among antenna elements on the estimation performance is also considered for the hybrid array of side-by-side sub-arrays. The analytical results can be used to determine system parameters according to required system specifications. Simulation results show that the proposed AoA estimation algorithm is robust against practical impairments, and the frequency dependency of the array pattern is significantly reduced after digital beamforming. Simulated mean square errors of AoA estimation are also compared with the analytical bounds, showing that the derived recursive MCRB provides a meaningful indication to the AoA estimation performance.
Keywords :
array signal processing; direction-of-arrival estimation; radio networks; Cramér-Rao bound; array architecture difference; beamforming; frequency-domain AoA estimation; long range millimetre-wave links; point-to-point line-of-sight wireless transmission; wideband angle-of-arrival estimation; wideband hybrid antenna arrays; wideband hybrid arrays; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Estimation; Frequency domain analysis; Frequency estimation; Mutual coupling; Wideband; Millimetre-wave (mm-wave) communications; and beamforming; angle-of-arrival estimation; hybrid antenna array; sub-array;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Wireless Communications, IEEE Transactions on
Publisher :
ieee
ISSN :
1536-1276
Type :
jour
DOI :
10.1109/TWC.2011.062211.100439
Filename :
5934684
Link To Document :
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