Angle of Arrival Localization in {LTE} Using {MIMO} Pre-Coder Index Feedback

Author

Kangas, A. ; Wigren, T.

Author_Institution

WCDMA MS RAN Tech. Manage., Ericsson AB, Stockholm, Sweden

Volume

17

Issue

8

fYear

2013

fDate

Aug-13

Firstpage

1584

Lastpage

1587

Abstract

The paper presents a new angle of arrival (AoA) positioning technique for long term evolution (LTE) cellular systems. The method quantifies the directional correlation between TX antenna bore-sight and different multiple-input-multiple-output (MIMO) pre-coder indices. This correlation is used to develop an AoA positioning method that only builds on functionality and hardware available in standard LTE base stations. Measurements from a Swedish test network indicate that the method performs as expected.

Keywords

Long Term Evolution; MIMO communication; cellular radio; direction-of-arrival estimation; precoding; AoA positioning method; LTE; Long Term Evolution cellular system; MIMO precoder index feedback; Swedish test network; TX antenna bore-sight; angle of arrival localization; angle of arrival positioning technique; directional correlation; multiple-input-multiple-output precoder index; Antenna measurements; Antennas; Base stations; Indexes; Long Term Evolution; MIMO; Signal to noise ratio; Angle of arrival; LTE; MIMO; localization;

fLanguage

English

Journal_Title

Communications Letters, IEEE

Publisher

ieee

ISSN

1089-7798

Type

jour

DOI

10.1109/LCOMM.2013.062113.130870

Filename

6550878