Simultaneous Communication and Tracking in Arbitrary Trajectories via Beam-Space Processing

Fernando Pedraza, Saeid K. Dehkordi, Mari Kobayashi, Giuseppe Caire

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Abstract

In this paper, we develop a beam tracking scheme for an orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) system with a hybrid digital analog (HDA) architecture operating in the millimeter wave (mmWave) band. Our tracking method consists of an estimation step inspired by radar signal processing techniques, and a prediction step based on simple kinematic equations. The hybrid architecture exploits the predicted state information to focus only on the directions of interest, trading off beamforming gain, hardware complexity and multistream processing capabilities. Our extensive simulations in arbitrary trajectories show that the proposed method can outperform state of the art beam tracking methods in terms of prediction accuracy and consequently achievable communication rate, and is fully capable of dealing with highly non-linear dynamic motion patterns.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2022 IEEE 12th Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, SAM 2022
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages236-240
Number of pages5
ISBN (Electronic)9781665406338
DOIs
StatePublished - 2022
Event12th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, SAM 2022 - Trondheim, Norway
Duration: 20 Jun 202223 Jun 2022

Publication series

NameProceedings of the IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop
Volume2022-June
ISSN (Electronic)2151-870X

Conference

Conference12th IEEE Sensor Array and Multichannel Signal Processing Workshop, SAM 2022
Country/TerritoryNorway
CityTrondheim
Period20/06/2223/06/22

Keywords

  • Beam Tracking
  • Hybrid Digital Analog (HDA)
  • Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)
  • OFDM

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