2024/02/19 by Khaled Humadi, Imène Trigui, Humadi, Khaled +5 · 1 citation
Engineering · #FOS: Electrical engineering #Millimeter-Wave Propagation and Modeling #Signal Processing (eess.SP) #Systems and Control (eess.SY) #Terahertz technology and applications #electronic engineering #information engineering
paper · pdf · doi:10.48550/arxiv.2402.11834
openalex publication_date 2024/02/19 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/28
Beam misalignment is one of the main challenges for the design of reliable wireless systems in terahertz (THz) bands. This paper investigates how to apply user-centric base station (BS) clustering as a valuable add-on in THz networks. In particular, to reduce the impact of beam misalignment, a user-centric BS clustering design that provides multi-connectivity via BS cooperation is investigated. The coverage probability is derived by leveraging an accurate approximation of the aggregate interference distribution that captures the effect of beam misalignment and THz fading. The numerical results reveal the impact of beam misalignment with respect to crucial link parameters, such as the transmitter's beam width and the serving cluster size, demonstrating that user-centric BS clustering is a promising enabler of THz networks.