Low power analog-to-digital conversion in millimeter wave systems: Impact of resolution and bandwidth on performance

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Abstract

The wide bandwidth and large number of antennas used in millimeter wave systems put a heavy burden on the power consumption at the receiver. In this paper, using an additive quantization noise model, the effect of analog-digital conversion (ADC) resolution and bandwidth on the achievable rate is investigated for a multi-antenna system under a receiver power constraint. Two receiver architectures, analog and digital combining, are compared in terms of performance. Results demonstrate that: (i) For both analog and digital combining, there is a maximum bandwidth beyond which the achievable rate decreases; (ii) Depending on the operating regime of the system, analog combiner may have higher rate but digital combining uses less bandwidth when only ADC power consumption is considered, (iii) digital combining may have higher rate when power consumption of all the components in the receiver front-end are taken into account.

Original languageEnglish (US)
Title of host publication2015 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2015 - Conference Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages191-198
Number of pages8
ISBN (Electronic)9781479971954
DOIs
StatePublished - Oct 27 2015
EventInformation Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2015 - San Diego, United States
Duration: Feb 1 2015Feb 6 2015

Publication series

Name2015 Information Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2015 - Conference Proceedings

Other

OtherInformation Theory and Applications Workshop, ITA 2015
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CitySan Diego
Period2/1/152/6/15

Keywords

  • Bandwidth
  • MIMO
  • Power demand
  • Quantization (signal)
  • Receivers
  • Signal to noise ratio

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Computer Science Applications
  • Information Systems

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