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2022-05-16


3G 4G 5G Antenna technology differences

With the rapid development of science and technology, mobile communication technology has undergone profound changes, from 1G to 2G, to 3G, to 4G and 5G, constantly changing and continuing. On December 4, 2013, the fourth-generation mobile communication technology was officially put into operation in The Chinese market, which means that China's mobile communication industry has entered the 4G era. At this time, the research institute and the world's well-known enterprises engaged in communication technology research have entered the new generation of mobile communication, namely 5G (the fifth generation of mobile communication system), research and development. No matter which generation of communication system, the technology studied is to analyze the characteristics of wireless communication channel and overcome noise interference. There are a lot of researchers looking at Massive MIMO technology. How does it differ from the antenna technology used in 3G/4G communication systems? Will it become the core technology of the next generation of wireless communication?

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Key technologies of 3G/4G/5G communication system
1.1 Key technologies of 3G communication system

Since the early 1990s, the mobile communication industry has been actively researching 3g mobile communication standards and technologies. In January 2009, The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology of China issued 3G licenses for China Mobile, China Telecom and China Unicom, which means that China has entered the ERA of 3G mobile communications. The third generation mobile communication system mainly includes WCDMA, CD-MA2000 and TD-SCDMA. Its key technologies are,
A. Rake receiving technique;
B. Channel coding and decoding technology;
C. Power control technology;
D. Multi-user detection technology;
E. Smart antenna;



1.2 Key technologies of 4G communication system

In December of 2013, China formally entering the 4 g (fourth generation mobile communication system) communications network era, in the 4 g mobile communication system, the OFDM (orthogonal frequency division multiplexing) technology, OFDM technology for its high spectrum efficiency and good anti-multipath fading performance and being hyped, 5 g in the future communication network will also be for OFDM technology related research.
The key technologies of 4G communication system include:
A. OFDM technology;
B. MIMO technology;
C. Multi-user detection technology;
D. Software radio;
E. Smart antenna technology;
F. IPv6 technology.


1.3 Key technologies of 5G communication system

China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology has just awarded 4G licenses to three major operators, who are still rolling out networks on a large scale and with few subscribers. At the same time, China Mobile said it would start the research and development of 5G communication system. Analysts pointed out that the three major carriers are participating in 5G research and development, one is to keep up with the changes of The Times, and the other is that the demand is faster than the development of technology. Li Zhengmao, vice-president of China Mobile, said at the 2014 Barcelona World Congress of Communications (MWC) : "China Mobile will fully support the development of 5G projects, hoping to guide the industry in the development of 5G technology and the formulation of technical standards."
With the deepening of mobile communication technology research, 5G key supporting technologies will be gradually clarified and substantive standardization research and formulation will be carried out in the next few years. The jury is still out on what core technologies will be used in the future. However, I've collected nine key technologies from the top mobile forums.
B. Multi-carrier technology based on filter banks;
C. Full-duplex technology;
D. Ultra-dense heterogeneous network technology;
E. Self-organizing network technology;
F. Use of high frequency bands;
G. Software-defined wireless networks;
H. Wireless access technology:
(1) BDMA (Beam Split multiple Access technology)
(2) NOMA (Non-orthogonal multiple Access Technology)
I. D2D (device-to-device) communication.


Figure 1 shows the layout of Massive MIMO antennas in A 5G communication network. I am studying Massive MIMO technology in my lab. Figure 1 shows the users communicating with each other centered on a large-scale antenna.

The performance of wireless communication system is mainly restricted by mobile wireless channel. Wireless channel is very complex, and its modeling has always been a difficulty in system design. Generally, statistical methods are used to make statistics according to the measured values of the communication system in a specific frequency band.

Wireless fading channel is divided into large scale fading channel model and small scale fading channel model. The so-called large scale fading model describes the variation of field strength over a long distance (hundreds or thousands of meters) between transmitter and receiver, and reflects the variation of received signal power with distance caused by path loss and shadow effect. The small scale fading model describes the fast fluctuation of the received field intensity over a short distance or time.

The large scale fading channel model is caused by the influence of the surface profile (such as mountains, forests, buildings, etc.) between the receiver and the receiver. The small scale fading channel model is caused by multipath effect and Doppler effect. If there are a large number of reflection paths but no LOS (direct signal) signal component, the small scale fading is called Rayleigh fading, and the envelope of the received signal is described statistically by The Rayleigh probability density function. If LOS is present, the envelope follows Rician distribution. Multipath effect phenomenon causes flat fading and frequency selective fading.
In 3G/4G/5G wireless communication system, how to overcome the phenomenon of multipath effect, based on my research, here some analysis and views?

2.1.1 White Gaussian Noise

When analyzing the performance of wireless communication system, the ideal additive Gaussian white noise (AWGN) channel is usually used as the basis of analysis. On this channel, statistically independent Gauss is subjected to superposition on the signal. Gaussian noise refers to a very wide spectrum (1012Hz) and the amplitude changes continuously and randomly with time, also known as undulating noise. The so-called "white" refers to the noise power spectral density (PSD) is constant on the whole frequency axis.
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2.1.2 Rayleigh distributed channel model

Mathematical Description: Probability density function (PDF), cumulative integral function (CDF) and their numerical characteristics (mathematical expectation, variance, median).
A. Reduce communication distance; Increase transmission power; Adjust antenna height; Choose an appropriate route;
B. Using microcells and repeater stations in mobile communication;
C. Using diversity technology, equalization technology, Rick technology, error correction technology, etc.;
D. Frequency selective fading is mainly caused by multipath effect;
E. One of the most serious consequences of multipath effect is that a non-ideal Hc(f) is introduced into the channel transfer function, which destroys Nyquist criterion and matched filter criterion, resulting in inter-symbol crosstalk (ISI) and worsening of effective Eb/No;
F. To counteract frequency-selective fading is to eliminate the influence of non-ideal Hc(f);
G. Equalization, receiving diversity, error correction and other technologies can be adopted at the receiving end, while spread spectrum, multi-carrier modulation OFDM, transmission diversity and other technologies can be adopted at the sending end.
Thus, there are many methods and technologies to improve the performance of wireless communication. Here I analyze the differences in antenna technology used in 3G/4G/5G communication systems.



2.2 Differences in antenna technologies in 3G/4G/5G communication systems


F. Software radio.


1.2 Key technologies of 4G communication system

A. Large-scale MIMO technology;



2 Fading characteristics of wireless communication channel
2.1 Channel noise interference







2.1.3 How to combat the decline of wireless communication


2.2.1 Smart antenna in 3G communication system

CDMA technology is the core technology of 3G communication system. The antenna used is a smart antenna.



From 1G to 4G, communication equipment is inseparable from antennas. When the traditional antennas cannot meet the needs of communication networks, mobile communication enters the 3G era. Researchers have developed smart antennas. Only TD-SCDMA systems use this technology. Smart antenna is a new mobile communication technology based on the principle of adaptive antenna. It has incomparable advantages in eliminating interference, expanding cell radius, reducing system cost and increasing system capacity.

In order to achieve the purpose of high-speed communication, smart antenna is indispensable, and it must be used more effectively. In 3G communication network, intelligent antenna can not solve the problems such as multipath interference whose delay exceeds the width of the chip and Doppler effect caused by high-speed movement, which will be effectively solved in 4G.
2.2.2 MIMO technology in 4G communication system



The 4G communication system uses multiple input multiple output (MIMO) technology, which is not used in 3G systems. In 4G communication network, the antennas of most base stations adopt the structure of one receiver and two receivers. MIMO technology and
The combination of OFDM technology, the core technology adopted by 4G system, namely MIMO-OFDM technology, forms a new technology that meets people's needs, greatly improves the data rate, avoids narrowband fading, improves the spectrum utilization rate and the ability to resist multipath fading.


The first reason is that OFDM technology belongs to multi-carrier modulation (MCM) technology, and OFDM technology has good anti-noise performance and anti-multipath interference ability, as well as the characteristics of high frequency spectrum utilization.


The second reason is that using MIMO technology not only increases the wireless channel capacity exponentially, but also the frequency spectrum utilization rate can be increased exponentially without increasing the bandwidth and antenna transmission power. It plays a key role in improving anti-interference ability. MIMO technology systems have significant advantages:

A. Reduced inter-symbol interference;
B. Improved spatial diversity gain;
C. Improved wireless channel capacity and spectrum utilization.

2.2.3 MassiveMIMO technology of 5G communication system


In 4G communication system, MIMO technology and OFDM technology are combined to overcome multipath effect channel fading.
MIMO technology is also used in 5G systems due to its advantages, but Massive MIMO (Multiple input multiple output) technology is being developed to meet the demand for mobile video and high-speed data transmission. The future 5G network is a multi-network, multi-channel, multi-system hybrid network. Researchers take large-scale MIMO technology as the research focus, and the number of antennas is dozens or even hundreds of times more than 4G traditional MIMO antennas. The characteristics of its large-scale antenna not only inherit the advantages of MIMO technology, but also improve the robustness of communication quality, so that the capacity of the network is doubled, and improve the energy efficiency of the network. Overall, Massive MIMO technology improves the effectiveness and reliability of communication networks.
Here are some of my insights into 5G's key technologies, focusing on a few basic technical solutions for Massive MIMO technology.

1. Orthogonal space-time Block Code (STBC) schemes

It uses matrix properties to design the symbol matrix of row and column orthogonal matrix to eliminate inter-symbol interference and inter-channel interference, improve spatial diversity gain and coding gain, and reduce the bit error rate of wireless communication system.
The typical basic scheme proposed by Alamouti[1] first appeared: the sender uses two antennas, the receiver uses one or two antennas, and codes modulation at the sender to form an orthogonal matrix.


(7)

Where, is a coded modulation symbol, an orthogonal matrix, which sends each line symbol directly through the antenna; Is the modulation symbol (obtained from the m-QAM /PSK symbol). Further development, Alamouti code is extended to general STBC[2] code, and STTC[3] space time lattice code, etc. STTC has excellent diversity gain and coding gain, but its decoding complexity is very high. In order to satisfy the degree of freedom and diversity, an orthogonal matrix with 8 rows and 8 columns can be encoded at most. Beyond that, you degrade the speed performance, you don't get full speed.

2. VBLAST scheme

P.W.W olniansky, G.J.F oschini, et al. [4] BLAST technology is studied, and the sending end, each independent coding; At the receiving end, the bit error rate of wireless communication system is reduced by interference cancellation algorithm.
As the number of transceiver antennas increases, the benefits of improved transmission quality diminish. Therefore, in MIMO systems with a large number of antennas, more emphasis is placed on improving the transmission rate.
Its advantages:
A. High data rate



B. The complexity of receiving detection is low
Its disadvantages:
A. The number of sending antennas must be smaller than or equal to that of receiving antennas
B. The time domain and spatial processing are not combined, and the error code performance is inferior to space time code

3. Linear Dispersion Code(LDC)

Hassibi and Hochwald [5] studied the LDC codes of a MIMO space-time processing structure, which combined the advantages of space-time coding (STC) and space-time distributed multiplexing (SDM) and weighed the flexible diversity multiplexing gains.




LDC code principle: in the structure diagram, the matrix is composed of certain criteria. After the source bit data flow is in series, it is modulated by M-PSK/QAM, and then the modulation symbols of each path are multiplied by the matrices of each path respectively to form the matrix symbols. Each matrix symbols are added together, and finally sent through the MIMO antenna. LDC code is a summary of THE OSTBCs scheme, BLAST scheme, or OSTBCs, BLAST is a special case of LDC code. Comparison of LDC Code, STBC, BLAST and ST Trellis Code in MIMO technology


4. Spatial Modulation/ space-shift Keying

R. mesleh, h. haas et al. [6,7,8,9] studied the SM/SSK scheme
Advantages of SM/SSK:
Overcome the synchronization between the transmitting antenna and the interference between channels, transmit extra bits, compared with the traditional communication system, increase the transmission rate:.
Its disadvantages:
No effective spatial and temporal diversity is obtained.
The mapping structure of SM basic scheme is as follows:


The working principle of information bitstream mapping is as follows: The input bit number is B=3 bits. The first two bits are used to activate one of the four antennas, and the last bit is used as the modulator input. Then the activated antenna sends the modulated BPSK symbol to the receiver.

Figure 6. CSTSK structure diagram
How it works: In the system model, the input source data stream, after a series parallel transformation, is divided into two data streams, one data stream is used as one of the selection matrix. The other data stream is mapped into the modulator and the modulation symbol is output. After the first path is selected, the symbol matrix is multiplied by the modulation symbol and sent to the receiver through the space-time Mapper.


STSK scheme has the advantages of enhancing spatial diversity and time diversity. The multipath effect fading is further overcome.
STSK is combined with OFDM technology to form STSK-MIMO-OFDM system, which can obtain spatial, time and frequency diversity gain, and greatly improve the performance of wireless communication.
In the future 5G communication system, whether to combine STSK with MIMO-OFDM technology in large-scale MIMO technology has not been decided yet, and it is still under laboratory research.

3 summary

The mobile communication network industry believes that the future 5G communication network will be a multi-network, multi-band, multi-system hybrid communication network, large-scale MIMO technology must be concerned and worthy of research. Although the final standard of 5G communication core technology has not been determined at this time, most national scientific research institutes and well-known enterprises engaged in communication technology research have invested a lot of money in THE RESEARCH and development of 5G technology, racing against time to seize the right to speak in the future formulation of 5G communication system rules. However, it is clear that the scientific research achievements of large-scale MIMO technology will be integrated and developed together with 3G and 4G communication technology, and will realize the coexistence and development of 3G/4G communication network to form a complete fusion network. How to develop 5G in the future, let us, and even researchers around the world work together.



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