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Hybrid Beamforming and DOA Algorithms for Smart Antenna System Deployed
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INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF MICROWAVE AND OPTICAL TECHNOLOGY,
VOL.16, NO.2, MARCH 2021
Hybrid Beamforming and DoA Algorithms for

Smart Antenna System Deployed in 5G Network
Lamiae Squali*, Fatima Riouch, Hafid Tiyzi, Hanae Squali
Research laboratory in Telecommunication Systems, Networks and Services

National Institute of Posts and Telecommunications (INPT), Rabat, 10030, Morocco
E-mail: lamiae.sq@gmail.com
Abstract- Smart antenna (SA) system has recently beamforming, the hybrid beamforming was
received an important interest for all the recommended by 3GPP [2] for 5G application.
enhancement it will bring to 5G mobile network. Concerning DoA algorithms, they have been
This system of antennas includes a large number of introduced in the last four decades. The
techniques that attempt to improve the received
conventional methods were established at first
signal and suppress all the interfering ones. Thus SA
system increases the received signal to noise ratio
place; Beamscan, Bartlett, MVDR (Capon), etc.
(SNR) which in return reduces the bit error rate But they couldn’t give an accurate estimation in
(BER) and improves the throughput. The data rate case of multiple sources and for highly correlated
is also improved trough spatial multiplexing of more sources. Consequently, new high resolution
than one data stream simultaneously, this will also methods were established giving higher accuracy
increase the capacity. The purpose of our article is and stability. The most famous one are MUSIC,
to find the most appropriate beamforming root-MUSIC and ESPRIT. Some researchers have
technique and Direction of Arrival (DoA) stated that ESPRIT algorithm is significantly less
algorithm, which can be widely used for the design efficient from a statistical standpoint than MUSIC,
of a smart antenna system deployed in 5G
which gives more stable estimations for large
communication.
samples [3]. However, other researchers announce
Index Terms- Smart Antenna, Beamforming, DoA that ESPRIT algorithm with the TLS solution
algorithms, MUSIC, root MUSIC, ESPRIT. becomes more accurate then MUSIC method [4].
But, they confirm that MUSIC algorithm is less
sensitive to modeling errors compared to ESPRIT
I. INTRODUCTION algorithm. On the other hand, MUSIC estimator is
deployed for any array geometry, despite of
The multimedia data traffic conveyed by the ESPRIT and root-MUSIC algorithms which are
global mobile network is increasing, and this trend applicable only for uniform linear array (ULA).
is expected to continue, as indicated by Cisco Nevertheless, MUSIC computation cost seems to
Visual Networking Index (VNI) [1]. Hence, more be its biggest limitation, but still Al-Ardi [5]
capacity and throughput will be required expects a higher cost for ESPRIT method when
especially for 5G mobile network which brings the array size is greater than 25 elements. The
many new applications (IoT, smart city, Smart purpose of our paper is to confirm the accuracy
home, eHealth, autonomous cars, etc.). In order to and the stability of MUSIC algorithm compared to
attain these expectations, smart antenna (SA) the other methods, especially in millimeter wave
system is introduced in 5G network to serve the band where the studies of DoA algorithms are still
massive number of devices. First of all, SA system limited. The performance of the DoA algorithms
tries to estimate the DoA of the incoming signal is analyzed by considering some parameters as the
and then steers the maximum radiation in the array size, the number of snapshots, the signal to
incident direction of the device. noise ratio (SNR) and Mean Square Error (MSE).
In order to improve the power consumption and to
benefit from the multiple directional
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