5G New Radio (NR) incorporates numerous beam-based novel features such as beam management procedures for selecting the best serving gNB beam, recovery from beam failures, beam-based inter-cell mobility support and advanced UEs with multiple directional panels. In this paper, we study the joint performance of all these techniques for a macro cellular scenario at 28 GHz with special emphasis on how the UE antenna design influences the system-level performance. It is shown that the full benefits of 5G can be delivered with the introduction of multiple directional antenna panels at the UE side. We also introduce a mechanism for controlling the UE antenna panel switching. Our results from advanced dynamic system-level simulations indicate excellent performance with handover failure rates on the order of 0.01-0.03%, and beam failure rates at 0.04%, for UE speeds as high as 60 km/h. The median SINR gain of using four directional antenna panels at the UE equals 6 dB as compared to Omni UEs.


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    Title :

    System-Level Analysis of mmWave 5G Systems with Different Multi-Panel Antenna Device Models


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    Publication date :

    2021-04-01


    Size :

    1771005 byte





    Type of media :

    Conference paper


    Type of material :

    Electronic Resource


    Language :

    English



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