Repeater-Aided Over-the-Air Phase Synchronization in Distributed MIMO
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| author | Ganesan, Unnikrishnan Kunnath Thoota, Sai Subramanyam Larsson, Erik G. |
| author_facet | Ganesan, Unnikrishnan Kunnath Thoota, Sai Subramanyam Larsson, Erik G. |
| contents | Phase synchronization of access points (APs) in a distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D-MIMO) system is critical to leverage the performance benefits of D-MIMO. Existing over-the-air phase synchronization methods assume that APs can communicate directly to perform necessary measurements. However, this assumption might not hold in scenarios where inter-AP signaling is too weak for effective communication. To address this, in this paper, we propose a novel over-the-air calibration scheme that uses repeater nodes to facilitate phase synchronization when direct AP signaling is infeasible. We give the steps of the algorithm for phase calibration in closed form, and show how it enables coherent joint transmission (CJT) by the APs. The framework expands the applicability of D-MIMO systems to challenging environments, where existing over-the-air synchronization techniques fall short. |
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| spellingShingle | Repeater-Aided Over-the-Air Phase Synchronization in Distributed MIMO Ganesan, Unnikrishnan Kunnath Thoota, Sai Subramanyam Larsson, Erik G. Information Theory Signal Processing Phase synchronization of access points (APs) in a distributed multiple-input multiple-output (D-MIMO) system is critical to leverage the performance benefits of D-MIMO. Existing over-the-air phase synchronization methods assume that APs can communicate directly to perform necessary measurements. However, this assumption might not hold in scenarios where inter-AP signaling is too weak for effective communication. To address this, in this paper, we propose a novel over-the-air calibration scheme that uses repeater nodes to facilitate phase synchronization when direct AP signaling is infeasible. We give the steps of the algorithm for phase calibration in closed form, and show how it enables coherent joint transmission (CJT) by the APs. The framework expands the applicability of D-MIMO systems to challenging environments, where existing over-the-air synchronization techniques fall short. |
| title | Repeater-Aided Over-the-Air Phase Synchronization in Distributed MIMO |
| topic | Information Theory Signal Processing |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.19903 |