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TAPv2: An Approach Towards Sub-Microsecond Level Timing Accuracy Over Air Interface.

Authors :
Wang, Zhengying
Zhang, Chenyu
Zheng, Wei
Wen, Xiangming
Lu, Zhaoming
Source :
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology; Apr2022, Vol. 71 Issue 4, p3995-4009, 15p
Publication Year :
2022

Abstract

Absolute time synchronization is a basic issue in wireless communication. With the advent of 5G, many emerging vertical industry applications have put forward demands for timing accuracy over air interface. High Precision Timing method over Air Interface based on PHY Layer Signals (TAP) is proposed for mobile networks. It is designed to provide microsecond level timing accuracy at a relatively low cost compared to the existing timing methods, such as GNSS, NTP, PTP, etc. The purpose of this paper is to comprehensively improve TAP, including timing accuracy, stability and compatibility, so as to promote its practical application. This paper proposes improvements to TAP from four aspects: timing algorithm, timing pilot signal, terminal timing process and timing parameters determination. We improve the TAP’s deficiencies in delay estimation, delay compensation accuracy and real-time matching of timing information. We implement the workflow of TAPv2 for UE based on FPGA. Finally, we settle the problem of TAP parameters determination by applying a DQN method. The simulations and tests not only show that the DQN model can effectively determine the TAP parameters, but also show TAPv2 can achieve higher accuracy and stability than TAP in multiple scenarios based on the interaction with baseband. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Details

Language :
English
ISSN :
00189545
Volume :
71
Issue :
4
Database :
Complementary Index
Journal :
IEEE Transactions on Vehicular Technology
Publication Type :
Academic Journal
Accession number :
156718595
Full Text :
https://doi.org/10.1109/TVT.2022.3147480