Localization based on angle of arrival in EM lens-focusing massive MIMO

Abstract

This paper proposes a novel algorithm for user localization using the angle of arrival (AoA) concept. We propose to combine the electromagnetic (EM) lens with the massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) antenna array at the base station (BS). EM lens have the advantage of focusing the signal power on a subset of antennas as a function of the AoA. Thus, the provide an opportunity to estimate the location of user more efficiently with reduced number of radio frequency (RF) chains and computational costs. The obtained numerical results have shown that the EM lens based massive MIMO is capable of providing better AoA estimation.