Design and Coverage Analysis of Elliptical Cell Based Beamforming for HSR Communication Systems

Ximei Liu, Deli Qiao

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Abstract

In this paper, beamforming design based on a novel coverage model of high-speed railway (HSR) to improve the coverage in HSR communication systems is investigated. A dedicated coverage model, where the coverage cell is ellipse rather than the traditional circular is considered. Based on the elliptical coverage cell, an optimization problem for beamforming design is formulated to maximize the percentage of rail coverage for a given railway length, which is defined as the percentage of coverage distance that the signal-to-noise ratio (SNR) exceeds a desired SNR threshold for the given railway length, subject to the equal average received power on the elliptical line constraint. Considering that the percentage of coverage can be improved by increasing the received power, the problem can be recast to maximizing the expected average received power. A semidefinite relaxation (SDR) method is developed to solve the optimization problem. Through numerical results, the proposed elliptical coverage cell based beamforming can increase the covering railway distance and reduce the transmission power consumption compared with the circular coverage cell. It is also found that the larger eccentricity of the ellipse with appropriately chosen BS location can provide further coverage distance.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2019 - Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9781538680889
DOIs
StatePublished - May 2019
Event2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2019 - Shanghai, China
Duration: 20 May 201924 May 2019

Publication series

NameIEEE International Conference on Communications
Volume2019-May
ISSN (Print)1550-3607

Conference

Conference2019 IEEE International Conference on Communications, ICC 2019
Country/TerritoryChina
CityShanghai
Period20/05/1924/05/19

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