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Main Authors: Deng, Weicao, Li, Min, Zhao, Ming-Min, Zhao, Min-Jian, Simeone, Osvaldo
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10873
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author Deng, Weicao
Li, Min
Zhao, Ming-Min
Zhao, Min-Jian
Simeone, Osvaldo
author_facet Deng, Weicao
Li, Min
Zhao, Ming-Min
Zhao, Min-Jian
Simeone, Osvaldo
contents Hybrid beamforming is vital in modern wireless systems, especially for massive MIMO and millimeter-wave (mmWave) deployments, offering efficient directional transmission with reduced hardware complexity. However, effective beamforming in multi-user scenarios relies heavily on accurate channel state information, the acquisition of which often requires significant pilot overhead, degrading system performance. To address this and inspired by the spatial congruence between sub-6GHz (sub-6G) and mmWave channels, we propose a Sub-6G information Aided Multi-User Hybrid Beamforming (SA-MUHBF) framework, avoiding excessive use of pilots at mmWave. SA-MUHBF employs a convolutional neural network to predict mmWave beamspace from sub-6G channel estimate, followed by a novel multi-layer graph neural network for analog beam selection and a linear minimum mean-square error algorithm for digital beamforming. Numerical results demonstrate that SA-MUHBF efficiently predicts the mmWave beamspace representation and achieves superior spectrum efficiency over state-of-the-art benchmarks. Moreover, SA-MUHBF demonstrates robust performance across varied sub-6G system configurations and exhibits strong generalization to unseen scenarios.
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spellingShingle CSI Transfer From Sub-6G to mmWave: Reduced-Overhead Multi-User Hybrid Beamforming
Deng, Weicao
Li, Min
Zhao, Ming-Min
Zhao, Min-Jian
Simeone, Osvaldo
Information Theory
Signal Processing
Hybrid beamforming is vital in modern wireless systems, especially for massive MIMO and millimeter-wave (mmWave) deployments, offering efficient directional transmission with reduced hardware complexity. However, effective beamforming in multi-user scenarios relies heavily on accurate channel state information, the acquisition of which often requires significant pilot overhead, degrading system performance. To address this and inspired by the spatial congruence between sub-6GHz (sub-6G) and mmWave channels, we propose a Sub-6G information Aided Multi-User Hybrid Beamforming (SA-MUHBF) framework, avoiding excessive use of pilots at mmWave. SA-MUHBF employs a convolutional neural network to predict mmWave beamspace from sub-6G channel estimate, followed by a novel multi-layer graph neural network for analog beam selection and a linear minimum mean-square error algorithm for digital beamforming. Numerical results demonstrate that SA-MUHBF efficiently predicts the mmWave beamspace representation and achieves superior spectrum efficiency over state-of-the-art benchmarks. Moreover, SA-MUHBF demonstrates robust performance across varied sub-6G system configurations and exhibits strong generalization to unseen scenarios.
title CSI Transfer From Sub-6G to mmWave: Reduced-Overhead Multi-User Hybrid Beamforming
topic Information Theory
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2403.10873