Device-to-Device Communications in Millimeter Wave Band: Impact of Beam Alignment Error

Niloofar Bahadori, Nima Namvar, Brian Kelleyy, Abdollah Homaifar

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Abstract

Exploiting the millimeter wave (mmWave) band has recently attracted considerable attention as a potential solution to widespread deployment of device-to-device (D2D) communication challenges, namely, spectrum scarcity and interference. However, its directional nature makes the utilization of mmWave band a challenging task as it requires careful beam alignment between the D2D transmitter and receiver. In this paper, we investigate the impact of inaccurate angle-of-arrival (AoA) estimation as a beam alignment impairment on the performance of a directional mmWave D2D network. We have used tools from stochastic geometry to quantify the signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) coverage probability in the presence of beam misalignment, which can be applied to evaluate D2D network performance. Moreover, the analytical results are verified to be reliable and effective through extensive simulations. Finally, the coverage probability of the D2D network with erroneous beam alignment is compared to the network with perfect beam alignment. The numerical results indicate that the beam misalignment can lead to significant losses in the network's coverage probability.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2019 Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2019
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
ISBN (Electronic)9781538683804
DOIs
StatePublished - Apr 2019
Event18th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2019 - New York City, United States
Duration: Apr 9 2019Apr 12 2019

Publication series

NameWireless Telecommunications Symposium
Volume2019-April
ISSN (Print)1934-5070

Conference

Conference18th Annual Wireless Telecommunications Symposium, WTS 2019
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityNew York City
Period04/9/1904/12/19

Keywords

  • Beam misalignment
  • Device-to-Device communication
  • Millimeter wave

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