TY - GEN
T1 - On Directional Neighbor Discovery in mmWave Networks
AU - Wang, Yu
AU - Mao, Shiwen
AU - Rappaport, Theodore S.
N1 - Funding Information:
This work was supported in part by the National Science Foundation under Grants CNS-1320664 and CNS-1320472, and by the Wireless Engineering Research and Education Center (WEREC), Auburn University, Auburn, AL, USA.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2017 IEEE.
PY - 2017/7/13
Y1 - 2017/7/13
N2 - The directional neighbor discovery problem, i.e., spatial rendezvous, is a fundamental problem in millimeter wave (mmWave) networks. The challenge is how to let the transmitter and receiver beams meet in space under deafness caused by directional transmission and reception. In this paper, we present a Hunting-based Directional Neighbor Discovery (HDND) scheme, where a node continuously rotates its directional beam to scan its neighborhood for neighbors. Through a rigorous analysis, we derive the conditions for ensured neighbor discovery, as well as a bound for the worst case discovery time. We validate the analysis with extensive simulations, and demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed scheme over two benchmark schemes.
AB - The directional neighbor discovery problem, i.e., spatial rendezvous, is a fundamental problem in millimeter wave (mmWave) networks. The challenge is how to let the transmitter and receiver beams meet in space under deafness caused by directional transmission and reception. In this paper, we present a Hunting-based Directional Neighbor Discovery (HDND) scheme, where a node continuously rotates its directional beam to scan its neighborhood for neighbors. Through a rigorous analysis, we derive the conditions for ensured neighbor discovery, as well as a bound for the worst case discovery time. We validate the analysis with extensive simulations, and demonstrate the superior performance of the proposed scheme over two benchmark schemes.
KW - 5G Wireless
KW - Directional antenna
KW - MmWave networks
KW - Neighbor discovery
KW - Spacial rendezvous.
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U2 - 10.1109/ICDCS.2017.229
DO - 10.1109/ICDCS.2017.229
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85027275305
T3 - Proceedings - International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems
SP - 1704
EP - 1713
BT - Proceedings - IEEE 37th International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2017
A2 - Lee, Kisung
A2 - Liu, Ling
PB - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
T2 - 37th IEEE International Conference on Distributed Computing Systems, ICDCS 2017
Y2 - 5 June 2017 through 8 June 2017
ER -