A novel simultaneous tracking and direction of arrival estimation algorithm for beam-switched base station antennas in millimeter-wave wireless broadband access networks

Author

Sanchis, P. ; Martinez, J.M. ; Herrera, J. ; Polo, V. ; Corral, J.L. ; Marti, J.

Author_Institution

ETSI Tclecomunicacion, Univ. Politecnica de Valencia, Spain

Volume

1

fYear

2002

fDate

2002

Firstpage

594

Abstract

In this paper, a novel simultaneous tracking and direction of arrival estimation algorithm for TDD/TDMA broadband wireless access networks employing beam-switched base station antennas is presented. Direction of arrival estimation could be useful, for example, to generate occasional user dedicated beams to overcome temporary channel impairments or to develop advanced network management strategies such as system handover based on direction of arrival knowledge. The algorithm has been studied theoretically and by means of simulations achieving high efficiency and very good performance results.

Keywords

adaptive antenna arrays; array signal processing; broadband networks; direction-of-arrival estimation; millimetre wave antenna arrays; radio access networks; time division multiple access; tracking; TDD; TDMA; advanced network management strategies; beam-switched base station antennas; broadband access networks; direction of arrival estimation algorithm; efficiency; millimeter-wave wireless; performance; simulations; simultaneous tracking; system handover; temporary channel impairments; user dedicated beams; Base stations; Broadband antennas; Digital signal processing; Direction of arrival estimation; Directive antennas; Knowledge management; Next generation networking; Radar tracking; Signal processing algorithms; Time division multiple access;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Antennas and Propagation Society International Symposium, 2002. IEEE

Print_ISBN

0-7803-7330-8

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/APS.2002.1016415

Filename

1016415