TY - GEN
T1 - Fast open-loop synchronization for cooperative distributed beamforming
AU - Xie, Ning
AU - Bao, Xu
AU - Petropulu, Athina
AU - Wang, Hui
PY - 2013
Y1 - 2013
N2 - This paper considers the problem of multiple distributed nodes in a wireless network wishing to join forces and cooperatively beamform data to a destination. Since the nodes are not physically connected and have independent oscillators, there are carrier frequency and phase errors that degrade the beamforming performance. This paper proposes a novel open-loop synchronization protocol, which exploits the broadcast nature of the wireless channel to achieve synchronization much faster than prior methods, with the difference increasing as the number of nodes increases.
AB - This paper considers the problem of multiple distributed nodes in a wireless network wishing to join forces and cooperatively beamform data to a destination. Since the nodes are not physically connected and have independent oscillators, there are carrier frequency and phase errors that degrade the beamforming performance. This paper proposes a novel open-loop synchronization protocol, which exploits the broadcast nature of the wireless channel to achieve synchronization much faster than prior methods, with the difference increasing as the number of nodes increases.
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U2 - 10.1109/GLOCOM.2013.6831605
DO - 10.1109/GLOCOM.2013.6831605
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84904099738
SN - 9781479913534
SN - 9781479913534
T3 - Proceedings - IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM
SP - 3441
EP - 3446
BT - 2013 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2013
T2 - 2013 IEEE Global Communications Conference, GLOBECOM 2013
Y2 - 9 December 2013 through 13 December 2013
ER -