Location and Map-Assisted Wideband Phase and Time Calibration Between Distributed Antennas

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Main Authors: Wu, Yibo, Keskin, Musa Furkan, Gustavsson, Ulf, Seco-Granados, Gonzalo, Larsson, Erik G., Wymeersch, Henk
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Published: 2024
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author Wu, Yibo
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Gustavsson, Ulf
Seco-Granados, Gonzalo
Larsson, Erik G.
Wymeersch, Henk
author_facet Wu, Yibo
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Gustavsson, Ulf
Seco-Granados, Gonzalo
Larsson, Erik G.
Wymeersch, Henk
contents Distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output networks utilize a large number of distributed access points (APs) to serve multiple user equipments (UEs), offering significant potential for both communication and localization. However, these networks require frequent phase and time calibration between distributed antennas due to oscillator phase drifts, crucial for reciprocity-based coherent beamforming and accurate localization. While this calibration is typically performed through bi-directional measurements between antennas, it can be simplified to unidirectional measurement under perfect knowledge of antenna locations. This paper extends a recent phase calibration narrowband line-of-sight (LoS) model to a phase and time calibration wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing model, including both LoS and reflection paths and allowing for joint phase and time calibrations. We explore different scenarios, considering whether or not prior knowledge of antenna locations and the map is available. For each case, we introduce a practical maximum likelihood estimator and conduct Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) analyses to benchmark performance. Simulations validate our estimators against the CRLB in these scenarios.
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spellingShingle Location and Map-Assisted Wideband Phase and Time Calibration Between Distributed Antennas
Wu, Yibo
Keskin, Musa Furkan
Gustavsson, Ulf
Seco-Granados, Gonzalo
Larsson, Erik G.
Wymeersch, Henk
Signal Processing
Distributed massive multiple-input multiple-output networks utilize a large number of distributed access points (APs) to serve multiple user equipments (UEs), offering significant potential for both communication and localization. However, these networks require frequent phase and time calibration between distributed antennas due to oscillator phase drifts, crucial for reciprocity-based coherent beamforming and accurate localization. While this calibration is typically performed through bi-directional measurements between antennas, it can be simplified to unidirectional measurement under perfect knowledge of antenna locations. This paper extends a recent phase calibration narrowband line-of-sight (LoS) model to a phase and time calibration wideband orthogonal frequency division multiplexing model, including both LoS and reflection paths and allowing for joint phase and time calibrations. We explore different scenarios, considering whether or not prior knowledge of antenna locations and the map is available. For each case, we introduce a practical maximum likelihood estimator and conduct Cramer-Rao lower bound (CRLB) analyses to benchmark performance. Simulations validate our estimators against the CRLB in these scenarios.
title Location and Map-Assisted Wideband Phase and Time Calibration Between Distributed Antennas
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2410.23120