Hybrid Beamforming Using Convex Optimization for SDMA

• Main Authors: Lin, Ko-Yen, 林科諺
• Other Authors: Wu, Sau-Hsuan
• Format: Others
• Language: en_US
• Published: 2009
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/40044285464857257988

碩士 === 國立交通大學 === 電信工程系所 === 98 === A radio-frequency and baseband hybrid beamforming (HBF) scheme is presented for spatial division multiple access (SDMA) of 60GHz applications using planar antenna arrays (PAA). PAA with phase shifters for each element antenna is partitioned into sub-blocks and each block is applied a common baseband beamforming weight. To suppress the grating lobes of beam pattern and to maintain the signal to interference plus noise ratio (SINR) of users in the SDMA system, we study the design of this HBF using convex optimization. Two design criteria are considered herein: one minimizes the transmit power subject to a SINR constraint, and the other maximizes the worst case SINR subject to a total power constraint. Based on these two criteria, the feasibility and performance of HBF are extensively studied for a two-user SDMA system, taking into account various factors faced in practice. Moreover, to ensure the SINR of each user under a certain degree of beam misalignment, two robust HBF schemes are also proposed according to the design criteria. Simulation results show that both the SINR and directivity of HBF can be significantly improved by making use of the convex optimization technique. In addition, the HBF scheme is robust to some extend to phase variations, beam misalignment and channel uncertainties.