Directional initial access for millimeter wave cellular systems

C. Nicolas Barati; S. Amir Hosseini; Marco Mezzavilla; Parisa Amiri-Eliasi; Sundeep Rangan; Thanasis Korakis; Shivendra S. Panwar; Michele Zorzi

doi:10.1109/ACSSC.2015.7421136

Directional initial access for millimeter wave cellular systems

C. Nicolas Barati, S. Amir Hosseini, Marco Mezzavilla, Parisa Amiri-Eliasi, Sundeep Rangan, Thanasis Korakis, Shivendra S. Panwar, Michele Zorzi

Electrical and Computer Engineering

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Abstract

Communication in millimeter (mmWave) bands seems an evermore promising prospect for new generation cellular systems. However, due to high isotropic pathloss at these frequencies the use of directional antennas becomes mandatory. Directivity complicates many system design issues that are trivial in current cellular implementations. One such issue is initial access, i.e., the establishment of a link-layer connection between a UE and a base station. Based on different combinations of beamforming architectures and transmission modes, we present a series of design options for initial access in mmWave and compare them in terms of delay performance. We show that the use of digital beamforming for initial access will expedite the whole process significantly. Also, we argue that low quantization digital beamforming can more than compensate for high power consumption.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Conference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015
Editors	Michael B. Matthews
Publisher	IEEE Computer Society
Pages	307-311
Number of pages	5
ISBN (Electronic)	9781467385763
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2015.7421136
State	Published - Feb 26 2016
Event	49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015 - Pacific Grove, United States Duration: Nov 8 2015 → Nov 11 2015

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Name	Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Volume	2016-February
ISSN (Print)	1058-6393

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Other	49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015
Country/Territory	United States
City	Pacific Grove
Period	11/8/15 → 11/11/15

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Signal Processing
Computer Networks and Communications

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Barati, C. N., Hosseini, S. A., Mezzavilla, M., Amiri-Eliasi, P., Rangan, S., Korakis, T., Panwar, S. S., & Zorzi, M. (2016). Directional initial access for millimeter wave cellular systems. In M. B. Matthews (Ed.), Conference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015 (pp. 307-311). Article 7421136 (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers; Vol. 2016-February). IEEE Computer Society. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2015.7421136

Directional initial access for millimeter wave cellular systems. / Barati, C. Nicolas; Hosseini, S. Amir; Mezzavilla, Marco et al.
Conference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015. ed. / Michael B. Matthews. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. p. 307-311 7421136 (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers; Vol. 2016-February).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Barati, CN, Hosseini, SA, Mezzavilla, M, Amiri-Eliasi, P, Rangan, S, Korakis, T, Panwar, SS & Zorzi, M 2016, Directional initial access for millimeter wave cellular systems. in MB Matthews (ed.), Conference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015., 7421136, Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, vol. 2016-February, IEEE Computer Society, pp. 307-311, 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015, Pacific Grove, United States, 11/8/15. https://doi.org/10.1109/ACSSC.2015.7421136

Barati CN, Hosseini SA, Mezzavilla M, Amiri-Eliasi P, Rangan S, Korakis T et al. Directional initial access for millimeter wave cellular systems. In Matthews MB, editor, Conference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015. IEEE Computer Society. 2016. p. 307-311. 7421136. (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers). doi: 10.1109/ACSSC.2015.7421136

Barati, C. Nicolas ; Hosseini, S. Amir ; Mezzavilla, Marco et al. / Directional initial access for millimeter wave cellular systems. Conference Record of the 49th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2015. editor / Michael B. Matthews. IEEE Computer Society, 2016. pp. 307-311 (Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers).

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