Proactive cell switching for mmWave networks with hybrid beamforming and dynamic blockers

Xiaohui Zhou; Iain B. Collings; Stephen V. Hanly; Philip Whiting

doi:10.1109/APCC60132.2023.10460722

Proactive cell switching for mmWave networks with hybrid beamforming and dynamic blockers

Xiaohui Zhou, Iain B. Collings, Stephen V. Hanly, Philip Whiting

School of Engineering

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Abstract

In this paper, we consider a millimeter wave network deployed to cover an urban street. Each base station (BS) employs hybrid beamforming with a limited number of radio frequency (RF) chains. Its link to any user equipment (UE) is prone to being blocked by vehicles and pedestrians moving along the street. We propose a Round Robin (RR) access protocol with proactive cell switching in which each UE switches its connection to the least loaded line of sight BS at the end of its RR transmission frame or any time when its link is blocked. We compare the UE connectivity performance of the proposed protocol to the conventional cellular network association protocols and the RR protocols which switch only when the link is blocked. Our results reveal the impacts of different system parameters (i.e.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	2023 28th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) APCC 2023
Subtitle of host publication	proceedings
Editors	Khoa Le, Nguyen Quoc Bao
Place of Publication	Piscataway, NJ
Publisher	Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE)
Pages	285-290
Number of pages	6
ISBN (Electronic)	9798350382617, 9798350382600
ISBN (Print)	9798350382624
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/APCC60132.2023.10460722
Publication status	Published - 2023
Event	28th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, APCC 2023 - Sydney, Australia Duration: 19 Nov 2023 → 22 Nov 2023

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ISSN (Print)	2163-0771

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Conference	28th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, APCC 2023
Country/Territory	Australia
City	Sydney
Period	19/11/23 → 22/11/23

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Zhou, X., Collings, I. B., Hanly, S. V., & Whiting, P. (2023). Proactive cell switching for mmWave networks with hybrid beamforming and dynamic blockers. In K. Le, & N. Q. Bao (Eds.), 2023 28th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) APCC 2023: proceedings (pp. 285-290). Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE). https://doi.org/10.1109/APCC60132.2023.10460722

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Zhou, X, Collings, IB , Hanly, SV & Whiting, P 2023, Proactive cell switching for mmWave networks with hybrid beamforming and dynamic blockers. in K Le & NQ Bao (eds), 2023 28th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) APCC 2023: proceedings. Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Piscataway, NJ, pp. 285-290, 28th Asia-Pacific Conference on Communications, APCC 2023, Sydney, Australia, 19/11/23. https://doi.org/10.1109/APCC60132.2023.10460722

Proactive cell switching for mmWave networks with hybrid beamforming and dynamic blockers. / Zhou, Xiaohui; Collings, Iain B.; Hanly, Stephen V. et al.
2023 28th Asia Pacific Conference on Communications (APCC) APCC 2023: proceedings. ed. / Khoa Le; Nguyen Quoc Bao. Piscataway, NJ: Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), 2023. p. 285-290.

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference proceeding contribution › peer-review

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