Title :
Implementation of 4-element beamforming antenna module for B4G base station system using GPU
Author :
Sun Woong Yun ; Yong Jin ; Seungheon Hyeon ; Seungwon Choi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Electron. & Comput. Eng., Hanyang Univ., Seoul, South Korea
Abstract :
This paper introduces an implementation of GPU-based beamforming antenna module consisting of 4 elements. The proposed system can be mounted on top of the next generation base station system to reduce the radiating power at the base station. The transmitting power at base station is reduced proportionally to the number of antenna elements, due to the pencil beam provided between the base station and receiving terminal. Conversely, received signal at the terminal is enhanced by 4 times if the transmit power is maintained the same. Through various experimental tests, we have verified the proposed system consisting of 4 antenna elements provides nearly 12dB improvement in the receiving power at the terminal.
Keywords :
4G mobile communication; antenna arrays; array signal processing; graphics processing units; B4G base station system; GPU-based 4-element beamforming antenna module; next generation base station system; radiating power reduction; receiving terminal; transmitting power reduction; Antenna arrays; Array signal processing; Arrays; Base stations; Graphics processing units; Mobile communication; Receiving antennas; GPU; N-element Array; beamforming;
Conference_Titel :
Consumer Electronics (ISCE 2014), The 18th IEEE International Symposium on
Conference_Location :
JeJu Island
DOI :
10.1109/ISCE.2014.6884507