James Watt School of Engineering, University of Glasgow, Glasgow G12 8QQ, United Kingdom
Research Article
Location Based Adaptive Beamforming and Beam Steering for Mobile Communication in Multipath Environments
Author(s): Jaspreet Kaur*, Xinyi Lin, Kang Tan, Olaoluwa R Popoola, Muhammad Ali Imran, Qammer H Abbasi, Lei Zhang and Hasan T Abbas
This paper investigates location-based adaptive beamforming techniques, including Maximum Ratio Transmission (MRT) and Zero Forcing (ZF), in complex wireless environments. The study uses a digital twin simulation of the University of Glasgow campus to evaluate the proposed schemes under realistic conditions, such as user mobility and multipath propagation. The results demonstrate significant performance improvements with the location-based beam steering approaches. In the open space scenario, the location-based schemes achieved up to 40% higher Signal to Interference plus Noise Ratio (SINR) and 30% higher received power, along with reduced interference. The gains were even more pronounced in the digital twin environment, with up to 50% improvement in SINR and 40% increase in received power. Furthermore, the study evaluates the energy efficiency of the location-based adap.. View more»