Francis Idachaba

Work place: Electrical & Information Engineering Dept Covenant University, Ota Ogun State Nigeria

E-mail: francis.idachaba@covenantuniversity.edu.ng

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Research Interests: Engineering

Biography

Engr. (Dr).Francis E. Idachaba is a Professor of Communication Engineering in the department of Electrical and Information Engineering in Covenant University Ota Ogun State. He obtained his PhD in Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering from the University of Benin in Edo State Nigeria. With over 15 years in the academia, he has within the last five years served as a research fellow in 2013 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the US and as a Research Advisor with Shell Petroleum Development Company in Nigeria between 2010 to 2012. He has over 90 publications in both journals and conferences. . He is actively involved in Oil and Gas research with special interest in the development of oil and gas spill containment systems, digital oilfields, enhanced oil recovery. He is also actively involved in the Internet of Things Research, 5G communications research and Smart Cities Research among other interests. He is a recipient of numerous awards among which include the SPE Faculty Enhancement Travel Grant for 2014 and 2015.He is a member of the Society of Petroleum Engineers, the Nigerian Society of Engineers and a Registered Engineer in Nigeria.

Author Articles
5G Small Cell Backhaul: A Solution Based on GSM-Aided Hybrid Beamforming

By Olabode Idowu-Bismark Oluseun Oyeleke Aderemi A. Atayero Francis Idachaba

DOI: https://doi.org/10.5815/ijcnis.2019.08.03, Pub. Date: 8 Aug. 2019

In the proposed 5G architecture where cell densification is expected to be used for network capacity enhancement, the deployment of millimetre wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) in urban microcells located outdoor is expected to be used for high channel capacity small cell wireless traffic backhauling as the use of copper and optic-fibre cable becomes infeasible owing to the high cost and issues with right of way. The high cost of radio frequency (RF) chain and its prohibitive power consumption are big drawbacks for mmWave massive MIMO transceiver implementation and the complexity of using optimal detection algorithm as a result of inter-channel interference (ICI) as the base station antenna approaches large numbers. Spatial modulation (SM) and Generalized Spatial Modulation (GSM) are new novel techniques proposed as a low-complexity, low cost and low-power-consumption MIMO candidate with the ability to further reduce the RF chain for mmWave massive MIMO hybrid beamforming systems. In this work, we present the principles of generalized spatial modulation aided hybrid beamforming (GSMA-HBF) and its use for cost-effective, high energy efficient mmWave massive MIMO transceiver for small cell wireless backhaul in a 5G ultra-dense network.

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