Nonlinear Distortion Radiated from Large Arrays and Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces

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Main Authors: Kolomvakis, Nikolaos, Kosasih, Alva, Björnson, Emil
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Published: 2024
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author Kolomvakis, Nikolaos
Kosasih, Alva
Björnson, Emil
author_facet Kolomvakis, Nikolaos
Kosasih, Alva
Björnson, Emil
contents Extremely large aperture arrays (ELAAs) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are candidate enablers to realize connectivity goals for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. For instance, ELAAs can provide orders-of-magnitude higher area throughput compared to what massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) can deliver through spatial multiplexing, while RISs can improve the propagation conditions over wireless channels but a passively reflecting RIS must be large to be effective. Active RIS with amplifiers can deal with this issue. In this paper, we analyze the distortion generated by nonlinear amplifiers in both ELAAs and active RIS. We derive analytical expressions for the angular directions and depth of nonlinear distortion in both near-field and far-field channels. These insights are then used in a distortion-aware scheduling scheme that predicts the beamforming directions of the distortion and strategically allocates users in frequency to minimize its impact. Numerical results validate our theoretical analysis and compare distortion-aware and distortion-unaware scheduling methods, highlighting the benefits of accounting for nonlinearities. We conclude that nonlinearities can both create in-band and out-of-band distortion that is beamformed in entirely new directions and distances from the transmitter.
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spellingShingle Nonlinear Distortion Radiated from Large Arrays and Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
Kolomvakis, Nikolaos
Kosasih, Alva
Björnson, Emil
Signal Processing
Extremely large aperture arrays (ELAAs) and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) are candidate enablers to realize connectivity goals for the sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks. For instance, ELAAs can provide orders-of-magnitude higher area throughput compared to what massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) can deliver through spatial multiplexing, while RISs can improve the propagation conditions over wireless channels but a passively reflecting RIS must be large to be effective. Active RIS with amplifiers can deal with this issue. In this paper, we analyze the distortion generated by nonlinear amplifiers in both ELAAs and active RIS. We derive analytical expressions for the angular directions and depth of nonlinear distortion in both near-field and far-field channels. These insights are then used in a distortion-aware scheduling scheme that predicts the beamforming directions of the distortion and strategically allocates users in frequency to minimize its impact. Numerical results validate our theoretical analysis and compare distortion-aware and distortion-unaware scheduling methods, highlighting the benefits of accounting for nonlinearities. We conclude that nonlinearities can both create in-band and out-of-band distortion that is beamformed in entirely new directions and distances from the transmitter.
title Nonlinear Distortion Radiated from Large Arrays and Active Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.12622