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Smart Antenna Assignment is Essential in Full-Duplex Communications
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Network and Systems Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-4503-4242
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Computer Science, Network and Systems Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-9442-671X
Ericsson Research, Kista, Sweden..ORCID iD: 0000-0002-2289-3159
KTH, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science (EECS), Intelligent systems, Information Science and Engineering.ORCID iD: 0000-0002-7926-5081
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2021 (English)In: IEEE Transactions on Communications, ISSN 0090-6778, E-ISSN 1558-0857, Vol. 69, no 5, p. 3450-3466Article in journal (Refereed) Published
Abstract [en]

Full-duplex communications have the potential to almost double the spectralefficiency. To realize such a potentiality, the signal separation at base station’s antennasplays an essential role. This paper addresses the fundamentals of such separationby proposing a new smart antenna architecture that allows every antenna to beeither shared or separated between uplink and downlink transmissions. The benefitsof such architecture are investigated by an assignment problem to optimally assignantennas, beamforming and power to maximize the weighted sum spectral efficiency.We propose a near-to-optimal solution using block coordinate descent that divides theproblem into assignment problems, which are NP-hard, a beamforming and powerallocation problems. The optimal solutions for the beamforming and power allocationare established while near-to-optimal solutions to the assignment problems are derivedby semidefinite relaxation. Numerical results indicate that the proposed solution isclose to the optimum, and it maintains a similar performance for high and low residualself-interference powers. With respect to the usually assumed antenna separationtechnique and half-duplex transmission, the sum spectral efficiency gains increase withthe number of antennas. We conclude that our proposed smart antenna assignment forsignal separation is essential to realize the benefits of multiple antenna full-duplexcommunications.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE, 2021. Vol. 69, no 5, p. 3450-3466
Keywords [en]
full-duplex, semidefinite programming, beamforming, antenna splitting, antenna assignment, power allocation, hardware impairments
National Category
Telecommunications
Research subject
Electrical Engineering
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URN: urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-246496DOI: 10.1109/TCOMM.2021.3059463ISI: 000652065300048Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85100938043OAI: oai:DiVA.org:kth-246496DiVA, id: diva2:1297139
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Lars Hierta Memorial Foundation, FO2017-0236
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Available from: 2019-03-19 Created: 2019-03-19 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved
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1. Optimization and Fundamental Insights in Full-Duplex Cellular Networks
Open this publication in new window or tab >>Optimization and Fundamental Insights in Full-Duplex Cellular Networks
2019 (English)Doctoral thesis, comprehensive summary (Other academic)
Abstract [en]

The next generations of cellular networks are expected to provide explosive data rate transmissions and very low latencies. To meet such demands, one of the promising wireless transmissions candidates is in-band full-duplex communications, which enable wireless devices to simultaneously transmit and receive on the same frequency channel. Full-duplex communications have the potential to double the spectral efficiency and reduce the transmission delays when compared to current half-duplex systems that either transmit or receive on the same frequency channel. Until recently, full-duplex communications have been hindered by the interference that leaks from the transmitter to its own receiver,the so-called self-interference. However, advances in digital and analog self-interference suppression techniques are making it possible to reduce the self-interference to manageable levels, and thereby make full-duplex a realistic candidate for advanced wireless systems.

Although in-band full-duplex promises to double the data rates of existing wireless technologies, its deployment in cellular networks must be gradual due to the large number of legacy devices operating in half-duplex mode. When half-duplex devices are deployed in full-duplex cellular networks, the user-to-user interference may become the performance bottleneck. In such new interference situation, the techniques such as user pairing, frequency channel assignment, power control, beamforming, and antenna splitting become even more important than before, because they are essential to mitigate both the user-to-user interference and the residual self-interference. Moreover, introduction of full- duplex in cellular networks must comply with current multi-antenna systems and, possibly, transmissions in the millimeter-wave bands. In these new scenarios, no comprehensive analysis is available to understand the trade-offs in the performance of full-duplex cellular networks.

This thesis investigates the optimization and fundamental insights in the design of spectral efficient and fair mechanisms in full-duplex cellular networks. The novel analysis proposed in this thesis suggests new solutions for maximizing full-duplex performance in the sub-6 GHz and millimeter-wave bands. The investigations are based on an optimization theory approach that includes distributed and nonconvex optimization with mixed integer-continuous variables, and novel extensions of Fast-Lipschitz optimization. The analysis sheds lights on fundamental questions such as which antenna architecture should be used and whether full-duplex in the millimeter-wave band is feasible. The results establish fundamental insights in the role of user pairing, frequency assignment, power control and beamforming; reveal the special behaviour between the self-interference and user- to-user interference; analyse the trade-offs between antenna sharing and splitting for uplink/downlink signal separation; and investigate the role of practical beamforming design in full-duplex millimeter-wave systems. This thesis may provide input to future standardization process of full-duplex communications.

Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
Stockholm, Sweden: KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 2019. p. 196
Series
TRITA-EECS-AVL ; 2019:27
Keywords
full-duplex, optimization, power control, assignment, beamforming, millimeter wave, self-interference, multi-antenna
National Category
Telecommunications Information Systems
Research subject
Electrical Engineering
Identifiers
urn:nbn:se:kth:diva-246499 (URN)978-91-7873-147-3 (ISBN)
Public defence
2019-04-12, Kollegiesalen, Brinellvägen 8, Stockholm, 10:15 (English)
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QC 20190322

Available from: 2019-03-22 Created: 2019-03-21 Last updated: 2022-06-26Bibliographically approved

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