Hybrid Beam Alignment for Multi-Path Channels: A Group Testing Viewpoint

Ozlem Yildiz, Abbas Khalili, Elza Erkip

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Abstract

High-frequency bands such as millimeter-wave and terahertz require narrow beams due to path loss and shadowing. Beam alignment (BA) methods allow the transceivers to adjust the directions of these beams efficiently by exploiting the channel sparsity at high frequencies. This paper investigates BA for an uplink scenario, where the channel between the user equipment (UE) and base station (BS) consists of multiple paths. The BS wishes to find the best beams with a given resolution while using the least number of time slots. At each time slot of the BA, the UE transmits a BA packet and the BS uses hybrid beamforming to scan its angular region. To minimize the expected BA duration, a group testing framework is devised, and the associated novel analog and hybrid BA strategies are described. Simulation studies show the performance improvement both in noiseless and realistic 5G mm Wave BA settings.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2022
EditorsMichael B. Matthews
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages6-10
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781665459068
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2022 - Virtual, Online, United States
Duration: Oct 31 2022Nov 2 2022

Publication series

NameConference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
Volume2022-October
ISSN (Print)1058-6393

Conference

Conference56th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2022
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityVirtual, Online
Period10/31/2211/2/22

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Signal Processing
  • Computer Networks and Communications

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