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Eliminating Channel Feedback in Next Generation Cellular Networks Deepak Vasisht Swarun Kumar, Hariharan Rahul, Dina Katabi
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EliminatingChannelFeedbackinNextGenerationCellularNetworks
DeepakVasishtSwarun Kumar,Hariharan Rahul,DinaKatabi
CellularTrafficisIncreasingGlobalmobiledatatrafficwillincrease8fold in2015-2020
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LTEstandardbody,3GPP,isproposingmulti-antennasolutionsinnewreleases:• Beamforming• CoordinatedMulti-point• Full-DimensionalMIMO
Basestationneedstoknowchannels toclient
MoreAntennas
ChannelAcquisitionUsefeedbackfromtheclient
Feedbackoverheadisoverwhelming
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FeedbackisOverwhelming• Largeincurrentnetworks,useslossy compression[3GPPTS36.2112010,Irmer etalIEEECommunications2011]
• Prohibitiveforfuturedeploymentswithupto32antennas
• AccordingtoLTEstandardbody,3GPP:“IdentifyingthepotentialissuesofCSIacquisitionand
developingthepropersolutionsareofgreatimportance”
R2F2• Usesuplinkchannelstoestimatedownlinkchannels• Removesfeedbackoverhead• Evaluatedindoorsandoutdoorsinwhitespaces
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R2F2testbed CommercialCarriers
Idea:UseReciprocityLikeinWiFiInWiFi,UplinkChannel=DownlinkChannel
Idea:UseReciprocityLikeinWiFi
Doesnotworkforcellularnetworks:Uplinkanddownlinkondifferentfrequencies
InWiFi,UplinkChannel=DownlinkChannel
ProblemStatement
Howdoweestimatechannelsononefrequencyfromchannelsonadifferentfrequency?
ProblemStatement
UplinkChannelsatFrequency1
DownlinkChannelsatFrequency2
Idea:SamePathsonUplink&Downlink
UplinkChannelsatFrequency1
DownlinkChannelsatFrequency2
Pathsalongwhichsignalisreceived
RF-basedLocalizationSystems
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Idea:SamePathsonUplink&Downlink
UplinkChannelsatFrequency1
DownlinkChannelsatFrequency2
Pathsalongwhichsignalisreceived
PathstoChannels:IdealRepresentation
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PathstoChannels:MeasuredRepresentation
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PathstoChannels:Superposition
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PathstoChannels:FFT
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Goal:Tofindasetofpaths,thatcanproducechannelsℎ)
Recall:Eachpathisrepresentedby(𝑎, 𝜙, 𝜃)
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Goal:Tofind{𝑎7, 𝜙7, 𝜃7}79): ,thatcanproducechannelsℎ)𝜃)
Recall:Eachpathisrepresentedby(𝑎, 𝜙, 𝜃)
ChannelstoPathsGoal:Tofind{𝑎7, 𝜙7, 𝜃7}79): ,thatcanproducechannelsℎ)
ℎ;<= = 𝐹𝐹𝑇 ?𝑆- 𝑎7, 𝜙7, 𝜃7
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{𝑎7, 𝜙7, 𝜃7}79): = 𝑎𝑟𝑔𝑚𝑖𝑛{EF,GF,HF} ℎ) − ℎ;<=+
GettingPathsfromWirelessChannels
• Optimizationisnon-linearandconstrained
• Solvedusingstandardinteriorpointmethod
• ApproximateinitializationusingRF-localizationmethods
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Evaluation
Goal:TomeasuretheaccuracyofR2F2channelestimates
ExperimentalSetup
• UsedUSRPN210softwareradiosasclientsandbasestations
• Implementeda5antennaLTEbasestation
• Locatedbasestationclosetoacommercialbasestation
FrequencySeparation
• Usedfrequenciesfrom640to690MHzintheWhiteSpaces• Evaluationat30MHzUplink-Downlinkseparation• SameasmajorAT&TandVerizondeployments
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R2F2testbed CommercialCarriers
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IndoorTestbedBaseStationClient
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BaseStationClient
Beamforming
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R2F2delivers90%oftheMIMOSNRgains,withzerofeedback
BeamformingComparison:DataRate
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ComparisonwithRF-localization
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Deliversonly40%ofMIMOSNRgains
EffectofFrequencySeparation
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Application:EdgeClientNulling
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RelatedWork
• CellularNetworks:Channelfeedbackcompression[ShuangetalVTC11,Raoetal14,XuetalAccessIEEE14],Statisticalchannelpredictionacrossfrequencybands[HanetalCHINACOM10,Hugl etalCOST02…]• BeyondCellularNetworks:Channelqualityprediction[SenetalMobicom 13,ShietalNSDI14,Radunovic etalCONEXT11…],Temporalchannelpredictions[CaoetalPMRC04,WongetalGLOBECOM’05,Dongetal GLOBECOM’01]
Conclusion
• R2F2estimateschannelsononefrequencyfromchannelsonadifferentfrequency
• R2F2accuratelyestimatesdownlinkLTEchannelsfromuplinkLTEchannels
• R2F2enablesMIMOtechniquesforFDDsystemswithzerochannelfeedback
