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Beamforming on Reconfigurable Intelligent Surface: A Codebook Design for Spatial Coverage with Beam Squint Effect

  • Xinyi Lin
  • , Yihong Liu
  • , Lei Zhang
  • , Anvar Tukmanov
  • , Qammer Abbasi
  • , Muhammad Ali Imran
  • University of Glasgow
  • BT Group plc

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Abstract

In this paper, we propose a novel reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) codebook design by leveraging beam squint with the help of half-power beamwidth (HPBW) concept. In particular, the beam squint effect incurs the array responses' direction change of RIS under different frequencies. We aim to design the RIS phase shifts such that the beams with squint generated by different RIS weights could tile over the entire spatial domain of the RIS without overlapping. To quantify the spatial coverage performance in wideband systems, a new term - wideband-HPBW (W-HPBW), is introduced based on the definition of HPBW. The closed-form expression of the angular information of W-HPBW is derived. To further reduce RIS weights switching and realize lower pilot overhead in channel estimation, a beam broadening technique is then investigated. This design largely reduces the times of RIS phase adjustments and the requirement for accurate channel estimation. Simulation results show that the designed codebook can effectively realize spatial coverage under the W-HBPW criterion.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops
Subtitle of host publicationSustainable Communications for Renaissance, ICC Workshops 2023
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1130-1135
Number of pages6
ISBN (Electronic)9798350333077
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Externally publishedYes
Event2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2023 - Rome, Italy
Duration: 28 May 20231 Jun 2023

Publication series

Name2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops: Sustainable Communications for Renaissance, ICC Workshops 2023

Conference

Conference2023 IEEE International Conference on Communications Workshops, ICC Workshops 2023
Country/TerritoryItaly
CityRome
Period28/05/231/06/23

Keywords

  • Reconfigurable intelligent surface
  • beam broadening technique
  • beam squint
  • wideband system

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