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Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Testbed with Hybrid Beamforming

Chung, Min Keun LU ; Liu, Liang LU orcid ; Johansson, Andreas LU ; Nilsson, Martin LU ; Zander, Olof ; Ying, Zhinong ; Tufvesson, Fredrik LU orcid and Edfors, Ove LU orcid (2020) 54th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2020 In Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers 2020-November. p.309-313
Abstract

Massive multiple-input multiple-out (MIMO) technology is vital in millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands to obtain large array gains. However, there are practical challenges, such as high hardware cost and power consumption in such systems. A promising solution to these problems is to adopt a hybrid beamforming architecture. This architecture has a much lower number of transceiver (TRx) chains than the total antenna number, resulting in cost- and energy-efficient systems. In this paper, we present a real-time mmWave (28GHz) massive MIMO testbed with hybrid beamforming. This testbed has a 64-antenna/16-TRx unit for beam-selection, which can be expanded to larger array sizes in a modular way. For testing everything from baseband processing... (More)

Massive multiple-input multiple-out (MIMO) technology is vital in millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands to obtain large array gains. However, there are practical challenges, such as high hardware cost and power consumption in such systems. A promising solution to these problems is to adopt a hybrid beamforming architecture. This architecture has a much lower number of transceiver (TRx) chains than the total antenna number, resulting in cost- and energy-efficient systems. In this paper, we present a real-time mmWave (28GHz) massive MIMO testbed with hybrid beamforming. This testbed has a 64-antenna/16-TRx unit for beam-selection, which can be expanded to larger array sizes in a modular way. For testing everything from baseband processing algorithms to scheduling and beam-selection in real propagation environments, we extend the capability of an existing 100-antenna/100-TRx massive MIMO testbed (below 6GHz), built upon software-defined radio technology, to a flexible mmWave massive MIMO system.

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Beam-selection, beamforming, massive multipleinput multiple-out (MIMO), millimeter-wave (mmWave), testbed
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Conference Record of the 54th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2020
series title
Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers
editor
Matthews, Michael B.
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2020-November
article number
9443518
pages
5 pages
publisher
IEEE Computer Society
conference name
54th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2020
conference location
Pacific Grove, United States
conference dates
2020-11-01 - 2020-11-05
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  • scopus:85107819382
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1058-6393
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9780738131269
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10.1109/IEEECONF51394.2020.9443518
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English
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Publisher Copyright: © 2020 IEEE.
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  author       = {{Chung, Min Keun and Liu, Liang and Johansson, Andreas and Nilsson, Martin and Zander, Olof and Ying, Zhinong and Tufvesson, Fredrik and Edfors, Ove}},
  booktitle    = {{Conference Record of the 54th Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers, ACSSC 2020}},
  editor       = {{Matthews, Michael B.}},
  isbn         = {{9780738131269}},
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  keywords     = {{Beam-selection; beamforming; massive multipleinput multiple-out (MIMO); millimeter-wave (mmWave); testbed}},
  language     = {{eng}},
  month        = {{11}},
  pages        = {{309--313}},
  publisher    = {{IEEE Computer Society}},
  series       = {{Conference Record - Asilomar Conference on Signals, Systems and Computers}},
  title        = {{Millimeter-Wave Massive MIMO Testbed with Hybrid Beamforming}},
  url          = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/IEEECONF51394.2020.9443518}},
  doi          = {{10.1109/IEEECONF51394.2020.9443518}},
  volume       = {{2020-November}},
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