A Modular System-level Testbench for 6G Beamforming Applications with Near Circuit-Level Fidelity
2023 (English)In: NEWCAS 2023 CONFERENCE PROCEEDINGS, IEEE, 2023Conference paper, Published paper (Refereed)
Abstract [en]
Sub-THz frequencies are tomorrow’s hot research area in mobile communication. However, in this range of frequencies the systems are complex, and it is hard to explore various system architectures and correlate the system-level solutions with circuit-level performances and requirements. This paper presents a scalable testbench in MATLAB/Simulink for sub-THz hybrid beamforming receivers. The testbench models analog and mixed signal blocks with high fidelity, enabling system level simulations with circuit-level imperfections. A receiver with multiple 4-element subarrays is simulated in the testbench, and the impact of phase noise, beam squint, phase shifter inaccuracies, ADC resolution, and more are investigated. Additionally, a Mueller-Müller symbol synchronizer is implemented to achieve symbol-rate sampling.
Place, publisher, year, edition, pages
IEEE, 2023.
Series
IEEE International New Circuits and Systems Conference, ISSN 2472-467X, E-ISSN 2474-9672
Keywords [en]
Analog to digital conversion; MATLAB; Timing circuits; 6g; Circuit levels; Mobile communications; Modular system; Research areas; Sub-THz; System levels; System-level testbench.; Test-bench; THz frequencies; Beamforming
National Category
Telecommunications
Identifiers
URN: urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-197694DOI: 10.1109/NEWCAS57931.2023.10198117ISI: 001050763800087Scopus ID: 2-s2.0-85168554493ISBN: 9798350300246 (electronic)ISBN: 9798350300253 (print)OAI: oai:DiVA.org:liu-197694DiVA, id: diva2:1795289
Conference
21st IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference, NEWCAS 2023, Edinburgh, 26 - 28 June, 2023
Note
Cited by: 0; Conference name: 21st IEEE Interregional NEWCAS Conference, NEWCAS 2023; Conference date: 26 June 2023 through 28 June 2023; Conference code: 191480
Funding: Excellence Center at Linkoping-Lund in Information Technology (ELLIIT)
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