Large intelligent surface for positioning in millimeter wave MIMO systems

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system for the fifth generation (5G) cellular communications can also enable single-anchor positioning and object tracking due to its large bandwidth and inherently high angular resolution. In this paper, we introduce the newly invented concept, large intelligent surface (LIS), to mmWave positioning systems, study the theoretical performance bounds (i.e., Cramér-Rao lower bounds) for positioning, and evaluate the impact of the number of LIS elements and the value of phase shifters on the position estimation accuracy compared to the conventional scheme with one direct link and one non-line-of-sight path. It is verified that better performance can be achieved with a LIS from the theoretical analyses and numerical study.

He Jiguang, Wymeersch Henk, Kong Long, Silvén Olli, Juntti Markku

A4 Article in conference proceedings

2020 IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC Spring) : Proceedings

J. He, H. Wymeersch, L. Kong, O. Silvén and M. Juntti, "Large Intelligent Surface for Positioning in Millimeter Wave MIMO Systems," 2020 IEEE 91st Vehicular Technology Conference (VTC2020-Spring), Antwerp, Belgium, 2020, pp. 1-5, doi: 10.1109/VTC2020-Spring48590.2020.9129075

https://doi.org/10.1109/VTC2020-Spring48590.2020.9129075 http://urn.fi/urn:nbn:fi-fe2020081760615