학술논문

Channel Estimation for FAS-Assisted Multiuser mmWave Systems
Document Type
Periodical
Source
IEEE Communications Letters IEEE Commun. Lett. Communications Letters, IEEE. 28(3):632-636 Mar, 2024
Subject
Communication, Networking and Broadcast Technologies
Antennas
Switches
Millimeter wave communication
Channel estimation
Estimation
Transmitting antennas
Sparse matrices
fluid antenna system
multiple access
millimeter-wave communication
Language
ISSN
1089-7798
1558-2558
2373-7891
Abstract
This letter investigates the challenge of channel estimation in a multiuser millimeter-wave (mmWave) time-division duplexing (TDD) system. In this system, the base station (BS) uses a multi-antenna uniform linear array (ULA), while each mobile user has a fluid antenna system (FAS). Accurate channel state information (CSI) plays a crucial role in the precise placement of antennas in FAS. To tackle this issue, we propose a low-sample-size sparse channel reconstruction (L3SCR) method, capitalizing on the sparse propagation paths of mmWave channels. Simulation results show that our method obtains precise CSI with minimal hardware switching and pilot overhead. As a result, the system sum-rate approaches the upper bound with perfect CSI.