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NT-12 on Beamforming (BRP). Date: 2010-05-16. Proposal overview. This presentation is part and in support of the complete proposal described in 802.11-10/432r2 (slides) and 802.11-10/433r2 (text) that: Supports data transmission rates up to 7 Gbps
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NT-12 on Beamforming (BRP) Date: 2010-05-16 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel, et. al.
Proposal overview • This presentation is part and in support of the complete proposal described in 802.11-10/432r2 (slides) and 802.11-10/433r2 (text) that: • Supports data transmission rates up to 7 Gbps • Supplements and extends the 802.11 MAC and is backward compatible with the IEEE 802.11 standard • Enables both the low power and the high performance devices, guaranteeing interoperability and communication at gigabit rates • Supports beamforming, enabling robust communication at distances beyond 10 meters • Supports GCMP security and advanced power management • Supports coexistence with other 60GHz systems • Supports fast session transfer among 2.4GHz, 5GHz and 60GHz Carlos Cordeiro, Intel, et. al.
Beamforming Protocols (10/0430-NT-11) • 802.11ad must define protocols, not algorithms • General framework and messaging are defined • Antenna specifications and beamforming adjustment algorithms are left to implementations • Our proposal employs • Directional TX / low gain (quasi-omni) RX for acquisition • Sector Sweep Phase (10/0430-NT-11) • Refinement stage adds RX gain and final adjustment for combined TX and RX (this presentation) • Tracking during data transmission to adjust for channel changes (this presentation) §9.25.2-9.25.5, §21.8 in 11-10/0433r0 §9.25.6 in 11-10/0433r0
Why Beam Refinement? (1) Example of sector sweep • To meet 60GHz beamforming requirements in 09/1153r2, beamforming consists of two phases: • Sector sweep: Allows for signal acquisition (and low-rate PHY comm. @ 10s of Mbps) by enabling coarse selection of TX sector with quasi-omni (see 09/1153r2) RX • Beam refinement: Allows for high-rate PHY comm. (Gbps) by enabling directional RX, and finer TX and RX beamforming training (i.e. finer AWV adjustment) Quasi-omni pattern Example of beam refinement From doc #: IEEE 802.11-09/1153-r2 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Why Beam Refinement? (2) • Allows for high-rate PHY communication by • Enabling directional RX • Finer adjustment of TX and RX AWVs (antenna weight vectors) • Example link budget • 10 dBm TX power • 64 GHz • 10 meter range • TX gain 15 dB • RX gain 15 dB • Received power is -48.6dBm • Receive sensitivity for • 4.6 Gbps (SC): -53dBm => > 3dB margin • 5.2 Gbps (OFDM): -51dBm => > 2dB margin TX Antenna with 15 dB gain TX Antenna with 12 dB gain Sector Sweep Beam refinement RX Antenna with 0 dB gain RX Antenna with 15 dB gain Received power is -66.6dBm Enables usage of Control PHY @ 27.5 Mbps, -78dBm sensitivity Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Why Beam Refinement? (3) • Allows overcoming TX, RX hardware calibration errors that reduce the effective beamforming gain. • Approach: Select initial AWV from a TX OR RX sector sweep • Conduct fine-grained beam refinement with the selected AWV as a starting point for BOTH TX and RX • Approach allows treating paths from the antenna to the receiver (i.e. phase shifters or LNAs) as part of the channel CDF of gain without beam refinement for different phase calibration errors. CDF of gain with beam refinement for different phase calibration errors. Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Initiator link Initiator Responder Responder link Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Definition ISS RSS P1: SLS SS-FBCK SS-ACK Iterative procedure used to improve TX and/or RX antenna array configuration Optional sub-phases P2: BRP §9.25.2 in 11-10/0433r0
Initiator link Initiator Responder Responder link Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Modularity ISS RSS P1: SLS SS-FBCK SS-ACK BRP setup sub-phase 1. Additional sector level training Optional sub-phases P2: BRP §9.25.2 in 11-10/0433r0 BRP transactions 2.
Initiator link Initiator Responder Responder link Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Setup ISS RSS P1: SLS SS-FBCK SS-ACK BRP setup sub-phase 1. • Used to exchange intent and capabilities. • intent: the sub-phase composition • capabilities: number of AWVs, antennas, etc. P2: BRP §9.25.2.1 in 11-10/0433r0
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Setup §7.3a.4 in 11-10/0433r0 BRP Request field For setting up BRP transactions For additional (optional) sector-level training Feedback capabilities Intent: TX training? RX training? Capabilities: Number of AWVs for TX/RX training? Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Initiator link Initiator Responder Responder link Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Transactions ISS RSS P1: SLS SS-FBCK SS-ACK BRP setup sub-phase 1. BRP Transaction: - A set of frames composed of requests and responses - Each frame acts as an ACK for the previous frame BRP transactions 2. P2: BRP • To enable • initial RX AWV training • fine-grained TX and RX AWV training §9.25.5.3 in 11-10/0433r0
Initiator link • Training (TRN) fields appended to frames • AWVs changed when sending or receiving TRN fields • Fine-grained feedback (SNR, amplitude , phase of I & Q) can be sent with TRN fields in reverse direction. Initiator Responder Responder link Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Training ISS RSS P1: SLS SS-FBCK SS-ACK Frame-details Optional sub-phases Fback1 P2: BRP §21.8.2.2 in 11-10/0433r0 Fback2
BRP Packet (i.e. BRP-RX/TX) Details (1) • Consists of a “data” part followed by an AGC training field and the TRN-R/T training fields • Header fields: pkt-type and training-length indicate BRP-RX/TX, and length of training fields. • AGC and TRN-R/T are composed of a pre-specified number of repetitions of Golay sequences §21.8 in 11-10/0433r0
Initiator link Initiator Responder Responder link Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Additional sector training ISS RSS P1: SLS SS-FBCK SS-ACK BRP setup sub-phase 1. Additional sector level training Optional sub-phases P2: BRP §9.25.5.2 in 11-10/0433r0 BRP transactions 2.
Initiator link Initiator Responder Responder link Metal (Height 2mm) Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Additional sector training ISS 2mm Patch 4mm RSS P1: SLS SS-FBCK 10mm 4mm SS-ACK 10mm BRP setup sub-phase 1. Additional sector training P2: BRP Used to address sub-optimal sector selection due to imperfections in RX quasi-omni patterns Radiation pattern of the antenna with and without side metals
Why additional sector level training? • Gain of quasi-omni RX pattern (see 09/1153r2) varies! • See EM simulation results for three different HW approaches Roughly 5-10dB quasi-omni gain variation should be expected with planar patch antennas Leads to ~20% probability of sub-optimal TX sector selection! Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Additional sector training • Motivation: ~5-10dB gain variation in quasi-omni RX pattern => best TX sector not chosen after sector sweep • Idea: Select TX and RX sector after an additional phase based on the trial of multiple TX and RX sectors • Approach: • Select multiple TX sector candidates from sector sweep • Conduct joint trial of TX and RX sectors (either the full set of a partial set) TX Sector sweep STEP 1: Select the best SET of TX Sector IDs STA2 E.g. IDTX #1, IDTX #2, …, IDTX #7 STA1 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Additional sector training OPTION 1 RX AWV detection STEP 2: Select the best SET of RX Sector IDs STA1 IDRX #1, IDRX #2, …, IDRX #7 STA2 STEP 3: Joint trial of TX and RX sectors Joint trial of TX and RX sectors IDTX #1 IDRX #1 IDTX #2 IDRX #2 STA2 STA1 IDTX #7 IDRX #7 §9.25.5.2.1 in 11-10/0433r0 TX and RX sector for further refinement chosen after
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Additional sector training OPTION 2 STEP 2: Joint trial of set of TX and all RX AWVs/sectors Joint trial of TX and RX sectors IDTX #1 IDRX #1 IDTX #2 IDRX #2 STA1 STA2 IDTX #7 IDRX # NRX Total number of RX sectors = NRX §9.25.5.2.2 in 11-10/0433r0
Beam Tracking • Messaging to enable periodic TX/RX beam refinement • A STA may request tracking if it feels the link quality deteriorates (not used when the link is lost) • Can be done while sending DATA • BR frames are piggy-backed onto DATA/ACK frames • A bit in the PLCP header is used to indicate intent • BR frames include training (e.g. AGC, TRN-R/T) fields and/or feedback information (e.g. SNR) §9.25.6 in 11-10/0433r0 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Summary • Beamforming is necessary for 60 GHz systems to provide gain to compensate for additional path loss and increased system bandwidth • The 802.11ad amendment must specify interoperable protocols to enable beamforming • Beam refinement enables the fine-grained adjustment of AWVs essential to enable Gbps speeds
Extra Slides Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Simulation Parameters • TX: 32 element array with a cross configuration. • RX either as TX or a single antenna. • Channel Model – conference room, NLOS • 400 channels, 10 realizations per channel. • Sequence used in BF is Golay sequence with 128 points, transmitted twice, only second one is used for estimation. • TX sector sweep – energy based, based on two 128 point sequences. Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Training • Requests and responses can be combined in the same frame – see example below. §9.25.2 in 11-10/0433r0 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Beam refinement transactions: Examples RX training TX training §9.25.5.3.3 in 11-10/0433r0 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Transactions BRP Request field §7.3.2.93 in 11-10/0433r0 Indicating that RX/TX training fields are appended to this BRP packet Beam refinement Information Element Operation Feedback Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
§21.6.3.1.1 & §21.5.3.1.1 in 11-10/0433r0 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
§21.3.3.8 in 11-10/0433r0 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Feedback Channel measurement feedback Information Element §7.3.2.99 in 11-10/0433r0 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel
Beam Refinement Phase (BRP): Feedback Channel measurement Information Element §7.3.2.99 in 11-10/0433r0 Carlos Cordeiro, Intel