KR20160114978A - Apparatus and System for beam forming of array antenna - Google Patents
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a beamforming apparatus and system for a high directivity array antenna. The apparatus according to the present invention includes a beam number setting section for setting the number of beams of a mobile station (MS) using radio wave propagation characteristics and environmental parameters, a beam number setting section for setting a number of beams A beam generating unit for determining an antenna pattern by adjusting a weight of an element and generating a beam according to the determined antenna pattern, a beam generating unit for rotating the beam generated by the beam generating unit in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction a night search section for searching for a beam direction and a number of beams transmitted from a base station (BS) while the beam is rotated by the beam rotating section, and a beam search section for searching for a beam And a beam forming unit for performing beam forming according to the direction of the beam and the number of beams.
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The present invention relates to a beamforming apparatus and system for a high directivity array antenna.
For the next generation (5G) mobile communication, it needs 1000 times data traffic capacity compared to the existing one. However, the radio waves transmitted from the transmitter are attenuated due to various factors such as free space loss, rainfall, atmosphere, building and terrain until reaching the receiver.
To compensate for this, the path loss can be reduced by using a highly directional antenna with high antenna gain. In order to change the direction of the antenna beam, the horn antenna must be physically turned. In the case of an array antenna, however, the antenna element the direction of the beam can be electrically adjusted by adjusting only the weight of the element.
Propagation in a frequency band higher than that of a microwave is limited by the number of scattering channels, so that the channel exhibits sparsity characteristics, and a line-of-sight (LoS) and a non-line-of-sight (NLoS) All show sparse distribution without distinction.
Therefore, if the beams are misaligned between the transmitting and receiving antennas, there is no reception power and communication link can not be established. Particularly, in a mobile communication environment, when the terminal and the surrounding environment are continuously changed, if the proper beam forming is not performed, the established communication link may be disconnected.
An object of the present invention is to provide a beam forming apparatus and a system of a highly directional array antenna for precisely estimating and aligning a beam direction to a high directivity array antenna in a mobile communication system of a high frequency band to form a beam have.
The technical problems of the present invention are not limited to the above-mentioned technical problems, and other technical problems which are not mentioned can be understood by those skilled in the art from the following description.
According to an aspect of the present invention, there is provided an apparatus including: a beam number setting unit configured to set a beam number of a mobile station (MS) using radio wave propagation characteristics and environment parameters; A beam generator for generating an antenna pattern according to the determined antenna pattern by adjusting the weights of the antenna elements according to the number of beams and for generating a beam according to the determined antenna pattern; A night search section for searching for a direction and a number of beams transmitted from a base station (BS) while the beam is rotated by the beam rotating section, And a beam forming unit for performing beam forming according to the direction of the beam and the number of beams detected by the searching unit.
According to the present invention, in a mobile communication system using a high-directional antenna with a high frequency band, the direction of the beam to the high-directional array antenna is accurately estimated and aligned so that the communication link is robust even when the communication propagation channel is sparse There is an advantage that it can be set and stably maintained.
1 is a diagram showing a configuration of a beam forming apparatus for a high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
2 is a diagram showing an embodiment to be referred to in describing the beam number setting operation of the beam forming apparatus of the high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
3 is a view illustrating an embodiment to be referred to in describing a weight setting operation of the beam forming apparatus of the high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
4 and 5 are views showing an embodiment of the antenna pattern generated by the beam forming apparatus of the high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
6 is a view showing an example of an operation for adjusting the beam directionality of the beam forming apparatus of the high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
7 is a diagram showing a configuration of a beam forming system of a highly directional array antenna according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a flowchart illustrating an operation of performing beamforming in a beamforming system of a high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
9 is a diagram illustrating an antenna pattern of a base station in a beamforming system of a high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
FIGS. 10 to 12 are views illustrating an embodiment to be referred to in describing a beamforming operation of a base station in a beamforming system of a high directivity array antenna according to the present invention.
Hereinafter, some embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to exemplary drawings. It should be noted that, in adding reference numerals to the constituent elements of the drawings, the same constituent elements are denoted by the same reference numerals whenever possible, even if they are shown in different drawings. In the following description of the embodiments of the present invention, a detailed description of known functions and configurations incorporated herein will be omitted when it may make the difference that the embodiments of the present invention are not conclusive.
In describing the components of the embodiment of the present invention, terms such as first, second, A, B, (a), and (b) may be used. These terms are intended to distinguish the constituent elements from other constituent elements, and the terms do not limit the nature, order or order of the constituent elements. Also, unless otherwise defined, all terms used herein, including technical or scientific terms, have the same meaning as commonly understood by one of ordinary skill in the art to which this invention belongs. Terms such as those defined in commonly used dictionaries should be interpreted as having a meaning consistent with the meaning in the context of the relevant art and are to be interpreted in an ideal or overly formal sense unless explicitly defined in the present application Do not.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF DRAWINGS FIG. 1 is a diagram referred to explain a configuration of a beam forming apparatus according to the present invention; FIG.
1, a beam forming apparatus according to the present invention includes a beam
The beam
For example, the beam
An embodiment of this can be represented as shown in FIG.
That is, as in
Also, as in
Also, as in
Of course, the embodiment for setting the number of beams is not limited to any one, and it is obvious that various embodiments are applicable.
The
The
At this time, it is assumed that the number of beams M to be generated and the number N of antennas satisfy 'M? N - 1'. However, it is a matter of course that the number of beams according to the number of antennas may be varied according to the embodiment.
The beams generated by the
Referring to FIG. 4, if the number of beams is one, the
Also, the
In this manner, when the number of beams is K, the
The
The beam search operation is aimed at link setup. Therefore, the
Here, if the link margin is insufficient, the beam of the base station may not be searched even if the beam of the mobile station is rotated. If the
In other words, the
In the mobile communication environment, since the terminal environment and the surrounding environment change instantaneously, the
If the
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating a wireless communication system to which a beam forming apparatus according to the present invention is applied. 7, a beam forming operation between a base station and a mobile station will be described.
First, the beamforming of the
The
When the beamforming of the
A detailed description of the beamforming operation of the
Referring to FIG. 8, the
At this time, the beam pattern by the
The
An embodiment for estimating the ID of the beam signal of the
10, the
This is to estimate the direction of the beam using the sparsity, which is the propagation characteristic of the high directional antenna in the high frequency band. In this case, by sequentially removing the beams, it is possible to minimize the influence of the component having a large beam power when estimating the beam direction of the component having a small beam power.
In addition, the
11, when the
Since the
On the other hand, in the C region, signal
Here, the
Here, an example of setting the number of candidate beams according to the surrounding environment will be described with reference to FIG. That is, as in the
In addition, when the
At this time, the
The receiving
The
At this time, the
In order to improve communication performance such as BER and capacity, the beamforming of the
The
The foregoing description is merely illustrative of the technical idea of the present invention, and various changes and modifications may be made by those skilled in the art without departing from the essential characteristics of the present invention.
Therefore, the embodiments disclosed in the present invention are intended to illustrate rather than limit the scope of the present invention, and the scope of the technical idea of the present invention is not limited by these embodiments. The scope of protection of the present invention should be construed according to the following claims, and all technical ideas within the scope of equivalents should be construed as falling within the scope of the present invention.
100: mobile station (MS) 101: transmitting terminal (TX)
105: receiving end (RX) 10: beam number setting unit
120: beam generating unit 130: beam rotating unit
140: beam search unit 150: beamforming unit
200: base station (BS) 201: transmitting terminal (TX)
205: Receiver (RX)
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A beam generator for determining an antenna pattern by adjusting a weight value of each antenna element according to the number of beams set by the beam number setting unit, and generating a beam according to the determined antenna pattern;
A beam rotating unit for rotating the beam generated by the beam generating unit in at least one of a horizontal direction and a vertical direction;
A beam search unit for searching for a beam direction and a number of beams transmitted from a base station (BS) while the beam is rotated by the beam rotating unit; And
A beam forming unit for performing beam forming according to the direction of the beam detected by the beam searching unit and the number of beams,
Wherein the beam forming apparatus comprises:
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