Beam management for vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications in millimeter wave 5G

Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) is expected to leverage the full potential of wireless communications. With the growing adoption of 5G and its support for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications, beamformed vehicular communications at millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands are expect...

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Autores: Montero Bayo, Luca, Ballesteros Sánchez, Christian|||0000-0002-4395-9057, De Marco, Cesar, Jofre Roca, Lluís|||0000-0002-0547-901X
Formato: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Recursos:Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC)
Repositorio:UPCommons. Portal del coneixement obert de la UPC
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:upcommons.upc.edu:2117/362079
Acesso em linha:https://hdl.handle.net/2117/362079
https://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.vehcom.2021.100424
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palavra-chave:5G mobile communication systems
Automobile industry and trade
V2X
V2V
Beamforming
Beam management
5G
mmWave
Comunicacions mòbils, Sistemes de
Automòbils -- Indústria i comerç
Àrees temàtiques de la UPC::Enginyeria de la telecomunicació::Processament del senyal
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Resumo:Cooperative, Connected and Automated Mobility (CCAM) is expected to leverage the full potential of wireless communications. With the growing adoption of 5G and its support for Vehicle-to-Everything (V2X) communications, beamformed vehicular communications at millimeter-wave (mmWave) bands are expected to enable the most demanding connected driving applications. Beamformed V2X links present the challenge of beam management in such a fast-changing scenario. This paper goes through the practical limitations of the 5G V2X stack to support successful beamforming procedures. Two beam management strategies are proposed. Both strategies are evaluated in terms of power performance, beam recovery time and channel usage. The results suggest that significant differences apply when the beam is more frequently updated, whereas little improvement is seen by increasing the size of the beamset. Also, the selection of a proper strategy is shown to be important to alleviate the channel from overheads, and substantial differences in required signaling can be seen depending on the beam-tracking approach.