Two-Dimensional DoA Estimation for Multipath Propagation Characterization Using the Array Response of PN-Sequences

Multipath propagation and power arrival profiles in three-dimensional (3-D) space determine the performance of the full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO) systems. Field channel measurements are crucial in characterizing wireless channel properties. Nevertheless, in spatial channel measurements, estimating...

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Published inIEEE transactions on wireless communications Vol. 15; no. 1; pp. 341 - 356
Main Authors Zhang, Ruonan, Wang, Shichao, Lu, Xiaofeng, Duan, Weiming, Cai, Lin
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published New York IEEE 01.01.2016
The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers, Inc. (IEEE)
Subjects
Antenna arrays
Antenna measurements
Arrays
Channel measurement
channel sounder
Channels
Computer simulation
Correlation
Direction-of-arrival estimation
DoA estimation
Estimates
Estimating
Estimation
multipath propagation
Receiving
Spatial resolution
Three dimensional
Channel measurement
DoA estimation
channel sounder
multipath propagation
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1558-2248
DOI10.1109/TWC.2015.2473156

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Abstract Multipath propagation and power arrival profiles in three-dimensional (3-D) space determine the performance of the full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO) systems. Field channel measurements are crucial in characterizing wireless channel properties. Nevertheless, in spatial channel measurements, estimating the direction-of-arrivals (DoAs) of multipath components (MPCs) is a challenging issue, because of the large number of propagation paths and the correlation among the multipath signals. The number of incidence angles and estimation precision in traditional methods is limited by the sensor array size and signal correlation. In this paper, we propose a scheme for measuring and estimating the 2-D DoAs of propagation paths called multipath angular estimation using the array response of PN-sequences (MAPS). By using a receiving planar antenna array (PAA), MAPS first extracts the complex path array response vector (PARV) for each propagation path and then estimates the DoAs of the paths individually and independently. The subspace-decomposition theory for MAPS is proved and extensive simulations are conducted to compare MAPS with other algorithms. Furthermore, a channel sounder using two PAAs and the probing signal of 2.6 GHz carrier modulated by PN-sequences has been developed. The simulation and field tests show that MAPS can estimate arbitrary number of resolved MPCs in a channel snapshot and effectively suppress the multipath interference.
AbstractList Multipath propagation and power arrival profiles in three-dimensional (3-D) space determine the performance of the full-dimensional MIMO (FD-MIMO) systems. Field channel measurements are crucial in characterizing wireless channel properties. Nevertheless, in spatial channel measurements, estimating the direction-of-arrivals (DoAs) of multipath components (MPCs) is a challenging issue, because of the large number of propagation paths and the correlation among the multipath signals. The number of incidence angles and estimation precision in traditional methods is limited by the sensor array size and signal correlation. In this paper, we propose a scheme for measuring and estimating the 2-D DoAs of propagation paths called multipath angular estimation using the array response of PN-sequences (MAPS). By using a receiving planar antenna array (PAA), MAPS first extracts the complex path array response vector (PARV) for each propagation path and then estimates the DoAs of the paths individually and independently. The subspace-decomposition theory for MAPS is proved and extensive simulations are conducted to compare MAPS with other algorithms. Furthermore, a channel sounder using two PAAs and the probing signal of 2.6 GHz carrier modulated by PN-sequences has been developed. The simulation and field tests show that MAPS can estimate arbitrary number of resolved MPCs in a channel snapshot and effectively suppress the multipath interference.
Author Ruonan Zhang
Shichao Wang
Lin Cai
Weiming Duan
Xiaofeng Lu
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