Air-to-Ground Cooperative OAM Communications

TL;DR

This paper introduces a cooperative air-to-ground OAM communication scheme that enhances spectrum efficiency and addresses alignment challenges for users with limited device sizes, validated through simulations.

Contribution

It proposes a novel ACOC scheme with an optimal FBS positioning method to improve air-to-ground OAM communication performance.

Findings

Optimal FBS position derived for alignment

Enhanced spectrum efficiency demonstrated

Simulation validates scheme effectiveness

Abstract

For users in hotspot region, orbital angular momentum (OAM) can realize multifold increase of spectrum efficiency (SE), and the flying base station (FBS) can rapidly support the real-time communication demand. However, the hollow divergence and alignment requirement impose crucial challenges for users to achieve air-to-ground OAM communications, where there exists the line-of-sight path. Therefore, we propose the air-to-ground cooperative OAM communication (ACOC) scheme, which can realize OAM communications for users with size-limited devices. The waist radius is adjusted to guarantee the maximum intensity at the cooperative users (CUs). We derive the closed-form expression of the optimal FBS position, which satisfies the antenna alignment for two cooperative user groups (CUGs). Furthermore, the selection constraint is given to choose two CUGs composed of four CUs. Simulation results are provided to validate the optimal FBS position and the SE superiority of the proposed ACOC scheme.