Asymptotic SINR for millimeter wave massive MIMO cellular networks

Abstract

Thanks to the small wavelength at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency, it is promising to combine massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) with mmWave. MmWave massive MIMO will differ from the conventional massive MIMO, due to the differences in propagation and hardware constraints. This paper proposes a stochastic geometry framework for evaluating the performance in large-scale mmWave massive MIMO networks. Based on the system model, analytical expressions are provided for the asymptotic signal-to-interference-plus-noise ratio (SINR) distributions in both uplink and downlink, when the number of base station antennas goes to infinity. Numerical results indicate a fast convergence in the SINR distribution to its asymptotic equivalence in dense mmWave networks. A comparison with conventional massive MIMO shows that mmWave massive MIMO achieves a higher cell throughput with sufficiently dense deployments.