Directional modulation design for multi-beam multiplexing based on hybrid antenna array structures

Abstract

For integrated sensing and communication, one important research direction is to employ various beamforming techniques to avoid interference between the two functions. In this work, based on a hybrid beamforming antenna array structure, a physical layer security technique called directional modulation (DM) is studied for multi-beam multiplexing applications. The proposed design can form a more effective directional transmission through both beamforming and DM, while multiplexing multiple user beams through a common set of analog coefficients. In this hybrid beamforming structure, only one digital-to-analog converter (DAC) is connected to each subarray, and finite-precision phase shifters are further considered. Design examples for dual-beam multiplexing with an interleaved subarray structure and a localized subarray structure, respectively, are provided, which show that the interleaved subarray structure can form narrower mainlobe and a lower sidelobe level than the localized structure and has an overall better performance.

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Authors/Creators:

Li, M.
Zhang, B.
Zhang, B.
Liu, W. https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2968-2888
Kim, T.
Wang, C.

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Keywords:

Directional modulation; Interleaved subarray architecture; Localized subarray structure; Multi-beam multiplexing; Discrete phase shifts

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