On the Equivalence of Hybrid and Digital Beamforming in Multi-User Scenarios
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Beitragende
Abstract
Utilizing hybrid beamforming (HBF), a combination of an analog beamforming (ABF) network with digital weighting of a few selected beams, is a promising approach to reduce the prohibitively high power consumption and hardware complexity of large antenna arrays operating in the millimetre-wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz range. This paper numerically evaluates the performance of a proposed HBF communications system using a Butler matrix as ABF network compared to fully digital beamforming (DBF) for different multi-user scenarios. First, the performance is compared for a line-of-sight (LOS) channel model, which is then extended to a multipath fading channel model. Furthermore, the influence of the number of radio-frequency (RF) chains used on the performance is investigated. Our simulation results show that HBF is able to achieve a performance which is comparable to the performance of DBF with a small loss, if the number of RF chains is chosen appropriately.
Details
Originalsprache | Englisch |
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Titel | 28th European Wireless Conference, EW 2023 |
Herausgeber (Verlag) | VDE Verlag, Berlin [u. a.] |
Seiten | 229-235 |
Seitenumfang | 7 |
ISBN (elektronisch) | 9783800762262 |
Publikationsstatus | Veröffentlicht - 2023 |
Peer-Review-Status | Ja |
Publikationsreihe
Reihe | European Wireless Conference |
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Konferenz
Titel | 28th European Wireless Conference |
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Untertitel | 6G driving a sustainable growth |
Kurztitel | EW 2023 |
Veranstaltungsnummer | 28 |
Dauer | 2 - 4 Oktober 2023 |
Stadt | Rome |
Land | Italien |
Schlagworte
ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete
Schlagwörter
- beamspace, Hybrid beamforming, massive MIMO, mmWave communications, multi user interference