Power-performance analysis of a simple one-bit transceiver

Abstract

We analyze a one-bit wireless transceiver whose architecture is simple enough that its power versus performance profile can be modeled analytically. We then utilize multiple such transceivers in a communication system operating at millimeter-wave carrier frequencies. Various aspects of the system are analyzed, including the optimum achievable throughput for a given amount of total consumed power. An analogy is drawn between the “transceiver cell” proposed herein and a “computational cell” commonly used in neural networks that allows us to apply neural-network type algorithms to aid in difficult tasks such as channel estimation for a large number of transceivers.