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Main Authors: Zhang, Yichi, Zhang, Yuchen, Zhu, Lipeng, Xiao, Sa, Tang, Wanbin, Eldar, Yonina C., Zhang, Rui
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Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17088
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author Zhang, Yichi
Zhang, Yuchen
Zhu, Lipeng
Xiao, Sa
Tang, Wanbin
Eldar, Yonina C.
Zhang, Rui
author_facet Zhang, Yichi
Zhang, Yuchen
Zhu, Lipeng
Xiao, Sa
Tang, Wanbin
Eldar, Yonina C.
Zhang, Rui
contents This paper studies a sub-connected six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA)-aided multi-user communication system. In this system, each sub-array is connected to a dedicated radio frequency chain and collectively moves and rotates as a unit within specific local regions. The movement and rotation capabilities of 6DMAs enhance design flexibility, facilitating the capture of spatial variations for improved communication performance. To fully characterize the effect of antenna position and orientation on wireless channels between the base station (BS) and users, we develop a field-response-based 6DMA channel model to account for the antenna radiation pattern and polarization. We then maximize the sum rate of multiple users, by jointly optimizing the digital and unit-modulus analog beamformers given the transmit power budget as well as the positions and orientations of sub-arrays within given movable and rotatable ranges at the BS. Due to the highly coupled variables, the formulated optimization problem is non-convex and thus challenging to solve. We develop a fractional programming-aided alternating optimization framework that integrates the Lagrange multiplier method, manifold optimization, and gradient descent to solve the problem. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed 6DMA-aided sub-connected structure achieves a substantial sum-rate improvement over various benchmark schemes with less flexibility in antenna movement and can even outperform fully-digital beamforming systems that employ antenna position or orientation adjustments only. The results also highlight the necessity of considering antenna polarization for optimally adjusting antenna orientation.
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spellingShingle 6DMA-Aided Hybrid Beamforming with Joint Antenna Position and Orientation Optimization
Zhang, Yichi
Zhang, Yuchen
Zhu, Lipeng
Xiao, Sa
Tang, Wanbin
Eldar, Yonina C.
Zhang, Rui
Signal Processing
This paper studies a sub-connected six-dimensional movable antenna (6DMA)-aided multi-user communication system. In this system, each sub-array is connected to a dedicated radio frequency chain and collectively moves and rotates as a unit within specific local regions. The movement and rotation capabilities of 6DMAs enhance design flexibility, facilitating the capture of spatial variations for improved communication performance. To fully characterize the effect of antenna position and orientation on wireless channels between the base station (BS) and users, we develop a field-response-based 6DMA channel model to account for the antenna radiation pattern and polarization. We then maximize the sum rate of multiple users, by jointly optimizing the digital and unit-modulus analog beamformers given the transmit power budget as well as the positions and orientations of sub-arrays within given movable and rotatable ranges at the BS. Due to the highly coupled variables, the formulated optimization problem is non-convex and thus challenging to solve. We develop a fractional programming-aided alternating optimization framework that integrates the Lagrange multiplier method, manifold optimization, and gradient descent to solve the problem. Numerical results demonstrate that the proposed 6DMA-aided sub-connected structure achieves a substantial sum-rate improvement over various benchmark schemes with less flexibility in antenna movement and can even outperform fully-digital beamforming systems that employ antenna position or orientation adjustments only. The results also highlight the necessity of considering antenna polarization for optimally adjusting antenna orientation.
title 6DMA-Aided Hybrid Beamforming with Joint Antenna Position and Orientation Optimization
topic Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.17088