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Amplitude and Phase Estimation for Absolute Calibration of Massive MIMO Front-Ends

Tian, Guoda LU ; Tataria, Harsh LU and Tufvesson, Fredrik LU orcid (2020) IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2020
Abstract
Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) promises significantly higher performance relative to conventional multiuser systems. However, the promised gains of massive MIMO systems rely heavily on the accuracy of the absolute front-end calibration, as well as quality of channel estimates at the base station (BS). In this paper, we analyze user equipment-aided calibration mechanism to estimate the amplitude scaling and phase drift at each radio-frequency chain interfacing with the BS array. Assuming a uniform linear array at the BS and Ricean fading, we obtain the estimation parameters with moment-based (amplitude, phase) and maximum-likelihood (phase-only) estimation techniques. In stark contrast to previous works, we mathematically... (More)
Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) promises significantly higher performance relative to conventional multiuser systems. However, the promised gains of massive MIMO systems rely heavily on the accuracy of the absolute front-end calibration, as well as quality of channel estimates at the base station (BS). In this paper, we analyze user equipment-aided calibration mechanism to estimate the amplitude scaling and phase drift at each radio-frequency chain interfacing with the BS array. Assuming a uniform linear array at the BS and Ricean fading, we obtain the estimation parameters with moment-based (amplitude, phase) and maximum-likelihood (phase-only) estimation techniques. In stark contrast to previous works, we mathematically articulate the equivalence of the two approaches for phase estimation. Furthermore, we rigorously derive a Cramer-Rao lower bound to characterize the accuracy of the two estimators. Via numerical simulations, we evaluate the estimator performance with varying dominant line-of-sight powers, dominant angles-of-arrival, and signal-to-noise ratios. (Less)
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Massive MIMO Systems, Absolute Calibration, Parameter Estimation, Cramer-Rao Lower Bound
host publication
ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)
pages
7 pages
publisher
IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
conference name
IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC) 2020
conference location
Dublin, Ireland
conference dates
2020-02-07 - 2020-02-11
external identifiers
  • scopus:85089439164
ISBN
978-1-7281-5089-5
DOI
10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9148962
project
Massive Mimo Technology and Applications
language
English
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yes
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Accepted in the Proceedings of IEEE ICC 2020, Dublin
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e1d04dab-3cf0-422f-aac4-e65808ca0ad1
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https://arxiv.org/abs/2002.10817
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  abstract     = {{Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) promises significantly higher performance relative to conventional multiuser systems. However, the promised gains of massive MIMO systems rely heavily on the accuracy of the absolute front-end calibration, as well as quality of channel estimates at the base station (BS). In this paper, we analyze user equipment-aided calibration mechanism to estimate the amplitude scaling and phase drift at each radio-frequency chain interfacing with the BS array. Assuming a uniform linear array at the BS and Ricean fading, we obtain the estimation parameters with moment-based (amplitude, phase) and maximum-likelihood (phase-only) estimation techniques. In stark contrast to previous works, we mathematically articulate the equivalence of the two approaches for phase estimation. Furthermore, we rigorously derive a Cramer-Rao lower bound to characterize the accuracy of the two estimators. Via numerical simulations, we evaluate the estimator performance with varying dominant line-of-sight powers, dominant angles-of-arrival, and signal-to-noise ratios.}},
  author       = {{Tian, Guoda and Tataria, Harsh and Tufvesson, Fredrik}},
  booktitle    = {{ICC 2020 - 2020 IEEE International Conference on Communications (ICC)}},
  isbn         = {{978-1-7281-5089-5}},
  keywords     = {{Massive MIMO Systems; Absolute Calibration; Parameter Estimation; Cramer-Rao Lower Bound}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE - Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.}},
  title        = {{Amplitude and Phase Estimation for Absolute Calibration of Massive MIMO Front-Ends}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9148962}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/ICC40277.2020.9148962}},
  year         = {{2020}},
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