Full-Duplex Millimeter-Wave Communication

The potential of doubling the spectrum efficiency of FD transmission motivates us to investigate FD-mmWave communication. To realize FD transmission in the mmWave band, we first introduce possible antenna configurations for FD-mmWave transmission. It is shown that, different from the cases in microwave band FD communications, the configuration with separate Tx/Rx antenna arrays appears more flexible in SI suppression while it may increase some cost and area versus that with the same array. We then model the mmWave SI channel with separate Tx/Rx arrays, where a near-field propagation model is adopted for the LOS path, and it is found that the established LOS-SI channel with separate Tx/Rx arrays also shows spatial sparsity. Based on the SI channel, we further explore approaches to mitigate SI by signal processing, and we focus on a new cancellation approach in FD-mmWave communication, that is, beamforming cancellation. Centered on the CA constraint of the beamforming vectors, we propose several candidate solutions. Lastly, we consider an FD-mmWave multi-user scenario, and show that even if there are no FD users in an FD-mmWave cellular system, the FD benefit can still be exploited in the FD base station. Candidate solutions are also discussed to mitigate both SI and MUI simultaneously.