Direction-of-Arrival Estimation With Circular Array Using Compressed Sensing in 20 GHz Band
Saki Uemura, Kentaro Nishimori, Ryotaro Taniguchi, Minoru Inomata, Koshiro Kitao, Tetsuro Imai, Satoshi Suyama, Hironori Ishikawa, Yasuhiro Oda
Abstract
The super-high-frequency band is used in the fifth-generation (5G) mobile communication system, and the introduction of massive multiple-input–multiple-output (MIMO) to 5G is being considered. In an environment with substantial propagation loss, such as that in the case of millimeter waves, massive MIMO can realize beamforming according to the position of terminal stations. Therefore, it is important to understand the direction of arrival of millimeter waves. In this letter, we clarify the relationship between power, delay time, and direction of arrival while focusing on the horizontal direction, using a 48-element massive array in the 20 GHz band in urban Japan. In addition, we obtain direction-of-arrival (DoA) estimation results using an iterative reduction threshold algorithm (ISTA), which is based on compressed sensing. It is shown that the dominant path can be estimated by using the ISTA even with approximately five elements.