Orthogonal time frequency space(OTFS)modulation has been widely considered for high-mobility scenarios.Satellite-to-ground communications have recently received much attention as a typical high-mobility scenario and f...Orthogonal time frequency space(OTFS)modulation has been widely considered for high-mobility scenarios.Satellite-to-ground communications have recently received much attention as a typical high-mobility scenario and face great challenges due to the high Doppler shift.To enable reliable communications and high spectral efficiency in satellite mobile communications,we evaluate OTFS modulation performance for geostationary Earth orbit and low Earth orbit satellite-to-ground channels at sub-6-GHz and millimeter-wave bands in both lineof-sight and non-line-of-sight cases.The minimum mean squared error with successive detection(MMSE-SD)is used to improve the bit error rate performance.The adaptability of OTFS and the signal detection technologies in satellite-to-ground channels are analyzed.Simulation results confirm the feasibility of applying OTFS modulation to satellite-to-ground communications with high mobility.Because full diversity in the delay-Doppler domain can be explored,different terminal movement velocities do not have a significant impact on the performance of OTFS modulation,and OTFS modulation can achieve better performance compared with classical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in satellite-to-ground channels.It is found that MMSE-SD can improve the performance of OTFS modulation compared with an MMSE equalizer.展开更多
Channel prediction is critical to address the channel aging issue in mobile scenarios.Existing channel prediction techniques are mainly designed for discrete channel prediction,which can only predict the future channe...Channel prediction is critical to address the channel aging issue in mobile scenarios.Existing channel prediction techniques are mainly designed for discrete channel prediction,which can only predict the future channel in a fixed time slot per frame,while the other intra-frame channels are usually recovered by interpolation.However,these approaches suffer from a serious interpolation loss,especially for mobile millimeter-wave communications.To solve this challenging problem,we propose a tensor neural ordinary differential equation(TN-ODE)based continuous-time channel prediction scheme to realize the direct prediction of intra-frame channels.Specifically,inspired by the recently developed continuous mapping model named neural ODE in the field of machine learning,we first utilize the neural ODE model to predict future continuous-time channels.To improve the channel prediction accuracy and reduce computational complexity,we then propose the TN-ODE scheme to learn the structural characteristics of the high-dimensional channel by low-dimensional learnable transform.Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is able to achieve higher intra-frame channel prediction accuracy than existing schemes.展开更多
In this paper,an integrated substrate gap waveguide(ISGW)filtering antenna is proposed at millimeter wave band,whose surface wave and spurious modes are simultaneously suppressed.A secondorder filtering response is ob...In this paper,an integrated substrate gap waveguide(ISGW)filtering antenna is proposed at millimeter wave band,whose surface wave and spurious modes are simultaneously suppressed.A secondorder filtering response is obtained through a coupling feeding scheme using one uniform impedance resonator(UIR)and two stepped-impedance resonators(SIRs).To increase the stopband width of the antenna,the spurious modes are suppressed by selecting the appropriate sizes of the ISGW unit cell.Furthermore,the ISGW is implemented to improve the radiation performance of the antenna by alleviating the propagation of surface wave.And an equivalent circuit is investigated to reveal the working principle of ISGW.To demonstrate this methodology,an ISGW filtering antenna operating at a center frequency of 25 GHz is designed,fabricated,and measured.The results show that the antenna achieves a stopband width of 1.6f0(center frequency),an out-of-band suppression level of 21 dB,and a peak realized gain of 8.5 dBi.展开更多
In the vision of"smart rail mobility",a seamless high-data-rate wireless connectivity with up to dozens of GHz bandwidth will be required.This forms a strong motivation for exploring the underutilized millim...In the vision of"smart rail mobility",a seamless high-data-rate wireless connectivity with up to dozens of GHz bandwidth will be required.This forms a strong motivation for exploring the underutilized millimeter wave(mmWave)and Terahertz(THz)bands.In this paper,we identify the main challenges and present the state-of-the-art solutions towards the realization of smart rail mobility.In order to cope with the challenge of involving the railway features in the channel models,we define and reconstruct the complete version and the concise version of the reference scenario modules for mmWave and THz railway channels.Simulations in the complete version of the scenarios reflect the influence of railway objects in detail;based on raytracing simulations in the concise version of the scenarios,two mmWave railway channel models are established and validated by measurements.Moreover,in order to tackle the challenge of heavy computing workload,we develop an open-access high performance ray-tracing platform—CloudRT.Last but not least,the challenges raised by the mmWave directional network under high mobility are overcome by our solutions concerning the handover scheme,random access procedure,and beamforming strategies.By integrating the key enabling technologies presented in this paper,we prototype the mobile hotspot network(MHN)system which realizes 1.25 Gbps downlink data throughput in a subway line with the train speed of 80 km/h.Future directions towards the full version of the smart rail mobility are pointed out as well.展开更多
In the new era of railways, infrastructure, trains and travelers will be interconnected. In order to realize a seamless high-data rate wireless connectivity, up to dozens of GHz bandwidth is required. This motivates t...In the new era of railways, infrastructure, trains and travelers will be interconnected. In order to realize a seamless high-data rate wireless connectivity, up to dozens of GHz bandwidth is required. This motivates the exploration of the underutilized millimeter wave （mmWave） as well as the largely unexplored THz band. In this paper, we first identify relevant communication scenarios for railway applications. Then the specific challenges and estimates of the bandwidth requirements for high-data rate railway connec-tivity in these communication scenarios are described. Finally, we outline the major challenges on propagation channel modeling and provide a technical route for further studies.展开更多
文章研究了多用户上行传输过程毫米波大规模多输入多输出(multi-input and multi-output,MIMO)系统的波束选择问题,提出了一种基于深度学习的波束选择方法。针对使用透镜的多用户毫米波大规模MIMO上行传输过程,提出一种面向波束选择的...文章研究了多用户上行传输过程毫米波大规模多输入多输出(multi-input and multi-output,MIMO)系统的波束选择问题,提出了一种基于深度学习的波束选择方法。针对使用透镜的多用户毫米波大规模MIMO上行传输过程,提出一种面向波束选择的深度学习框架,通过信道数据预先对神经网络进行离线训练,然后将实测信号输入训练好的神经网络在线预测信道直达径对应的波束,从而实现波束选择;基于该深度学习框架制定了具体的训练细则,采用柔性最大值交叉熵函数作为损失函数,使用自适应矩估计优化器优化神经网络参数。仿真结果表明,该文提出的基于深度学习的波束选择方法优于现有的正交匹配追踪方法。展开更多
This paper presents an analysis and validation by advanced system simulation of compact and low-cost six-port transceivers for future wireless local area networks （WLANs） operating at millimeter-wave frequencies. To...This paper presents an analysis and validation by advanced system simulation of compact and low-cost six-port transceivers for future wireless local area networks （WLANs） operating at millimeter-wave frequencies. To obtain realistic simulation results, a six-port model based on the measurement results of a fabricated V-band hybrid coupler, the core component, is used. A frequency-division multiplexing scheme is used by introducing four quadrature phase-shift keying （QPSK） channels in the wireless communication link. The data rate achieved is about 4 Gbit/s. The operating frequency is in the 60-64 GHz unlicensed band. Bit error rate （BER） results are presented, and a comparison is made between single-carrier and multicarrier architectures. The proposed wireless system can be considered an efficient candidate for millimeter-wave communication systems operating at quasi-optical data rates.展开更多
This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the impact of the emerging communication technique, non-orthogonal multiple access （NOMA）, on future wireless networks. Particularly, how the NOMA principle affects the ...This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the impact of the emerging communication technique, non-orthogonal multiple access （NOMA）, on future wireless networks. Particularly, how the NOMA principle affects the design of the generation multiple access techniques is introduced first. Then the applications of NOMA to other advanced communication techniques, such as wireless caching, multiple-input multiple-output techniques, millimeter-wave communications, and cooperative relaying, are discussed. The impact of NOMA on communication systems beyond cellular networks is also illustrated, through the examples of digital TV, satellite communications, vehicular networks, and visible light communications. Finally, the study is concluded with a discussion of important research challenges and promising future directions in NOMA.展开更多
Hybrid precoding is a cost-effective approach to support directional transmissions for millimeter-wave(mmWave)communications,but its precoder design is highly complicated.In this paper,we propose a new hybrid precoder...Hybrid precoding is a cost-effective approach to support directional transmissions for millimeter-wave(mmWave)communications,but its precoder design is highly complicated.In this paper,we propose a new hybrid precoder implementation,namely the double phase shifter(DPS)implementation,which enables highly tractable hybrid precoder design.Efficient algorithms are then developed for two popular hybrid precoder structures,i.e.,the fully-and partially-connected structures.For the fully-connected one,the RF-only precoding and hybrid precoding problems are formulated as a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator problem and a low-rank matrix approximation problem,respectively.In this way,computationally efficient algorithms are provided to approach the performance of the fully digital one with a small number of radio frequency(RF)chains.On the other hand,the hybrid precoder design in the partially-connected structure is identified as an eigenvalue problem.To enhance the performance of this cost-effective structure,dynamic mapping from RF chains to antennas is further proposed,for which a greedy algorithm and a modified K-means algorithm are developed.Simulation results demonstrate the performance gains of the proposed hybrid precoding algorithms over existing ones.It shows that,with the proposed DPS implementation,the fully-connected structure enjoys both satisfactory performance and low design complexity while the partially-connected one serves as an economic solution with low hardware complexity.展开更多
基金Project supported by the National Key R&D Program of China(No.2020YFB1806903)the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Nos.61922012,62001519,52042201,U1834210,and 61961130391)+2 种基金the State Key Laboratory of Rail Traffic Control and Safety,China(Nos.RCS2020ZT008,RCS2019ZZ007,and RCS2020ZT010)the Teaching Reform Project,China(No.134811522)the Fundamental Research Funds for the Central Universities,China(Nos.2020JBZD005 and I20JB0200030)。
文摘Orthogonal time frequency space(OTFS)modulation has been widely considered for high-mobility scenarios.Satellite-to-ground communications have recently received much attention as a typical high-mobility scenario and face great challenges due to the high Doppler shift.To enable reliable communications and high spectral efficiency in satellite mobile communications,we evaluate OTFS modulation performance for geostationary Earth orbit and low Earth orbit satellite-to-ground channels at sub-6-GHz and millimeter-wave bands in both lineof-sight and non-line-of-sight cases.The minimum mean squared error with successive detection(MMSE-SD)is used to improve the bit error rate performance.The adaptability of OTFS and the signal detection technologies in satellite-to-ground channels are analyzed.Simulation results confirm the feasibility of applying OTFS modulation to satellite-to-ground communications with high mobility.Because full diversity in the delay-Doppler domain can be explored,different terminal movement velocities do not have a significant impact on the performance of OTFS modulation,and OTFS modulation can achieve better performance compared with classical orthogonal frequency division multiplexing in satellite-to-ground channels.It is found that MMSE-SD can improve the performance of OTFS modulation compared with an MMSE equalizer.
基金supported in part by the National Key Research and Development Program of China(Grant No.2020YFB1805005)in part by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant No.62031019)in part by the European Commission through the H2020-MSCA-ITN META WIRELESS Research Project under Grant 956256。
文摘Channel prediction is critical to address the channel aging issue in mobile scenarios.Existing channel prediction techniques are mainly designed for discrete channel prediction,which can only predict the future channel in a fixed time slot per frame,while the other intra-frame channels are usually recovered by interpolation.However,these approaches suffer from a serious interpolation loss,especially for mobile millimeter-wave communications.To solve this challenging problem,we propose a tensor neural ordinary differential equation(TN-ODE)based continuous-time channel prediction scheme to realize the direct prediction of intra-frame channels.Specifically,inspired by the recently developed continuous mapping model named neural ODE in the field of machine learning,we first utilize the neural ODE model to predict future continuous-time channels.To improve the channel prediction accuracy and reduce computational complexity,we then propose the TN-ODE scheme to learn the structural characteristics of the high-dimensional channel by low-dimensional learnable transform.Simulation results show that the proposed scheme is able to achieve higher intra-frame channel prediction accuracy than existing schemes.
基金This work was supported by the National Key research and development program of China(No.2021YFB 2900401)the national natural science foundation of China(No.62361057,No.61861046)+1 种基金the key natural science foundation of Shenzhen(No.JCYJ20220818102209020)the key research and development program of Shenzhen(No.ZDSYS20210623091807023).
文摘In this paper,an integrated substrate gap waveguide(ISGW)filtering antenna is proposed at millimeter wave band,whose surface wave and spurious modes are simultaneously suppressed.A secondorder filtering response is obtained through a coupling feeding scheme using one uniform impedance resonator(UIR)and two stepped-impedance resonators(SIRs).To increase the stopband width of the antenna,the spurious modes are suppressed by selecting the appropriate sizes of the ISGW unit cell.Furthermore,the ISGW is implemented to improve the radiation performance of the antenna by alleviating the propagation of surface wave.And an equivalent circuit is investigated to reveal the working principle of ISGW.To demonstrate this methodology,an ISGW filtering antenna operating at a center frequency of 25 GHz is designed,fabricated,and measured.The results show that the antenna achieves a stopband width of 1.6f0(center frequency),an out-of-band suppression level of 21 dB,and a peak realized gain of 8.5 dBi.
基金supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China(Grant Nos.61771036,U1834210,61901029,and 61725101).
文摘In the vision of"smart rail mobility",a seamless high-data-rate wireless connectivity with up to dozens of GHz bandwidth will be required.This forms a strong motivation for exploring the underutilized millimeter wave(mmWave)and Terahertz(THz)bands.In this paper,we identify the main challenges and present the state-of-the-art solutions towards the realization of smart rail mobility.In order to cope with the challenge of involving the railway features in the channel models,we define and reconstruct the complete version and the concise version of the reference scenario modules for mmWave and THz railway channels.Simulations in the complete version of the scenarios reflect the influence of railway objects in detail;based on raytracing simulations in the concise version of the scenarios,two mmWave railway channel models are established and validated by measurements.Moreover,in order to tackle the challenge of heavy computing workload,we develop an open-access high performance ray-tracing platform—CloudRT.Last but not least,the challenges raised by the mmWave directional network under high mobility are overcome by our solutions concerning the handover scheme,random access procedure,and beamforming strategies.By integrating the key enabling technologies presented in this paper,we prototype the mobile hotspot network(MHN)system which realizes 1.25 Gbps downlink data throughput in a subway line with the train speed of 80 km/h.Future directions towards the full version of the smart rail mobility are pointed out as well.
文摘In the new era of railways, infrastructure, trains and travelers will be interconnected. In order to realize a seamless high-data rate wireless connectivity, up to dozens of GHz bandwidth is required. This motivates the exploration of the underutilized millimeter wave （mmWave） as well as the largely unexplored THz band. In this paper, we first identify relevant communication scenarios for railway applications. Then the specific challenges and estimates of the bandwidth requirements for high-data rate railway connec-tivity in these communication scenarios are described. Finally, we outline the major challenges on propagation channel modeling and provide a technical route for further studies.
文摘文章研究了多用户上行传输过程毫米波大规模多输入多输出(multi-input and multi-output,MIMO)系统的波束选择问题,提出了一种基于深度学习的波束选择方法。针对使用透镜的多用户毫米波大规模MIMO上行传输过程,提出一种面向波束选择的深度学习框架,通过信道数据预先对神经网络进行离线训练,然后将实测信号输入训练好的神经网络在线预测信道直达径对应的波束,从而实现波束选择;基于该深度学习框架制定了具体的训练细则,采用柔性最大值交叉熵函数作为损失函数,使用自适应矩估计优化器优化神经网络参数。仿真结果表明,该文提出的基于深度学习的波束选择方法优于现有的正交匹配追踪方法。
文摘This paper presents an analysis and validation by advanced system simulation of compact and low-cost six-port transceivers for future wireless local area networks （WLANs） operating at millimeter-wave frequencies. To obtain realistic simulation results, a six-port model based on the measurement results of a fabricated V-band hybrid coupler, the core component, is used. A frequency-division multiplexing scheme is used by introducing four quadrature phase-shift keying （QPSK） channels in the wireless communication link. The data rate achieved is about 4 Gbit/s. The operating frequency is in the 60-64 GHz unlicensed band. Bit error rate （BER） results are presented, and a comparison is made between single-carrier and multicarrier architectures. The proposed wireless system can be considered an efficient candidate for millimeter-wave communication systems operating at quasi-optical data rates.
基金Project supported by the UK EPSRC(No.EP/N005597/1)the H2020-MSCA-RISE-2015(No.690750)+1 种基金the National Natural Science Foundation of China(No.61728101)the U.S.National Science Foundation(Nos.CNS-1702808 and ECCS-1647198)
文摘This paper provides a comprehensive survey of the impact of the emerging communication technique, non-orthogonal multiple access （NOMA）, on future wireless networks. Particularly, how the NOMA principle affects the design of the generation multiple access techniques is introduced first. Then the applications of NOMA to other advanced communication techniques, such as wireless caching, multiple-input multiple-output techniques, millimeter-wave communications, and cooperative relaying, are discussed. The impact of NOMA on communication systems beyond cellular networks is also illustrated, through the examples of digital TV, satellite communications, vehicular networks, and visible light communications. Finally, the study is concluded with a discussion of important research challenges and promising future directions in NOMA.
基金supported in part by the Hong Kong Research Grants Council under Grant No.16210216 and in part by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation.
文摘Hybrid precoding is a cost-effective approach to support directional transmissions for millimeter-wave(mmWave)communications,but its precoder design is highly complicated.In this paper,we propose a new hybrid precoder implementation,namely the double phase shifter(DPS)implementation,which enables highly tractable hybrid precoder design.Efficient algorithms are then developed for two popular hybrid precoder structures,i.e.,the fully-and partially-connected structures.For the fully-connected one,the RF-only precoding and hybrid precoding problems are formulated as a least absolute shrinkage and selection operator problem and a low-rank matrix approximation problem,respectively.In this way,computationally efficient algorithms are provided to approach the performance of the fully digital one with a small number of radio frequency(RF)chains.On the other hand,the hybrid precoder design in the partially-connected structure is identified as an eigenvalue problem.To enhance the performance of this cost-effective structure,dynamic mapping from RF chains to antennas is further proposed,for which a greedy algorithm and a modified K-means algorithm are developed.Simulation results demonstrate the performance gains of the proposed hybrid precoding algorithms over existing ones.It shows that,with the proposed DPS implementation,the fully-connected structure enjoys both satisfactory performance and low design complexity while the partially-connected one serves as an economic solution with low hardware complexity.
