Full Duplex Radios

Full Duplex Radios

August 12-16, 2013, Hong Kong, China | Dinesh Bharadia, Emily McMilin, Sachin Katti
This paper presents the design and implementation of the first in-band full duplex WiFi radios that can simultaneously transmit and receive on the same channel using standard WiFi 802.11ac PHYs and achieve close to the theoretical doubling of throughput in typical SNR regimes. The design uses a single antenna for simultaneous TX/RX and proposes novel analog and digital cancellation techniques to cancel self-interference to the receiver noise floor. The design is implemented using custom analog circuit boards integrated with a software radio implementation. The system works robustly in noisy indoor environments and achieves close to the expected theoretical doubling of throughput. Full duplex radios face challenges due to self-interference caused by the radio's own transmission. WiFi signals are transmitted at 20dBm, while the noise floor is around -90dBm, requiring 110dB of self-interference cancellation. Prior designs achieved up to 85dB of cancellation, leaving residual interference that reduces SNR and throughput. The proposed design achieves 110dB of cancellation, eliminating self-interference to the noise floor. The system uses a hybrid analog-digital approach, with analog cancellation providing 60dB of cancellation and digital cancellation handling remaining interference. The design is wideband, supporting 80MHz bandwidth and 256QAM constellations. The system was implemented using a custom analog cancellation board and a software radio based on Rohde-Schwarz and WARP radios. The digital cancellation algorithm models both linear and non-linear distortions, including transmitter noise. The system was tested in an indoor environment and demonstrated a median throughput gain of 87%, close to the theoretical doubling. The design is robust to environmental changes and can handle all WiFi constellations. The system outperforms prior full duplex approaches, achieving 110dB of cancellation and demonstrating the feasibility of full duplex WiFi.This paper presents the design and implementation of the first in-band full duplex WiFi radios that can simultaneously transmit and receive on the same channel using standard WiFi 802.11ac PHYs and achieve close to the theoretical doubling of throughput in typical SNR regimes. The design uses a single antenna for simultaneous TX/RX and proposes novel analog and digital cancellation techniques to cancel self-interference to the receiver noise floor. The design is implemented using custom analog circuit boards integrated with a software radio implementation. The system works robustly in noisy indoor environments and achieves close to the expected theoretical doubling of throughput. Full duplex radios face challenges due to self-interference caused by the radio's own transmission. WiFi signals are transmitted at 20dBm, while the noise floor is around -90dBm, requiring 110dB of self-interference cancellation. Prior designs achieved up to 85dB of cancellation, leaving residual interference that reduces SNR and throughput. The proposed design achieves 110dB of cancellation, eliminating self-interference to the noise floor. The system uses a hybrid analog-digital approach, with analog cancellation providing 60dB of cancellation and digital cancellation handling remaining interference. The design is wideband, supporting 80MHz bandwidth and 256QAM constellations. The system was implemented using a custom analog cancellation board and a software radio based on Rohde-Schwarz and WARP radios. The digital cancellation algorithm models both linear and non-linear distortions, including transmitter noise. The system was tested in an indoor environment and demonstrated a median throughput gain of 87%, close to the theoretical doubling. The design is robust to environmental changes and can handle all WiFi constellations. The system outperforms prior full duplex approaches, achieving 110dB of cancellation and demonstrating the feasibility of full duplex WiFi.
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