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Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multi-User Millimeter-Wave Communications for Coverage Enhancement

Signal Processing 2020-11-02 v2

Abstract

Intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) is envisioned as a promising solution for controlling radio propagation environments in future wireless systems. In this paper, we propose a distributed intelligent reflecting surface (IRS) assisted multi-user millimeter wave (mmWave) system, where IRSs are exploited to enhance the mmWave signal coverage when direct links between base station and users are unavailable. First, a joint active and passive beamforming problem is established for weighted sum-rate maximization. Then, an alternating iterative algorithm with closed-form expressions is proposed to tackle the challenging non-convex problem, thereby decoupling the active and passive beamforming variables. Moreover, we design a constraint relaxation technique to address the unit modulus constraints pertaining to the IRS. Numerical results demonstrate that the distributed IRS can potentially enhance the communication performance of existing wireless systems.

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@article{arxiv.1910.02398,
  title  = {Intelligent Reflecting Surface Aided Multi-User Millimeter-Wave Communications for Coverage Enhancement},
  author = {Yashuai Cao and Tiejun Lv and Wei Ni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1910.02398},
  year   = {2020}
}

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Published in IEEE PIMRC 2020

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