User-centric Handover in mmWave Cell-Free Massive MIMO with User Mobility
Abstract
The coupling between cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems operating at millimeter-wave (mmWave) carrier frequencies and user mobility is considered in this paper. First of all, a mmWave channel is introduced taking into account the user mobility and the impact of the channel aging. Then, three beamforming techniques are proposed in the considered scenario, along with a dynamic user association technique (handover): starting from a user-centric association between each mobile device and a cluster of access points (APs), a rule for updating the APs cluster is formulated and analyzed. Numerical results reveal that the proposed beamforming and user association techniques are effective in the considered scenario.
Cite
@article{arxiv.2105.09041,
title = {User-centric Handover in mmWave Cell-Free Massive MIMO with User Mobility},
author = {Carmen D'Andrea and Giovanni Interdonato and Stefano Buzzi},
journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2105.09041},
year = {2022}
}
Comments
Paper accepted for publication in the proceedings of the 2021 European Signal Processing COnference (EUSIPCO), 23-27 August 2021, Dublin, Ireland