UV-Plane Beam Mapping for Non-Terrestrial Networks in 3GPP System-Level Simulations
<|reference_start|>UV-Plane Beam Mapping for Non-Terrestrial Networks in 3GPP System-Level Simulations: Due to the high altitudes and large beam sizes of satellites, the curvature of the Earth's surface can impact system-level performance. To consider this, 3GPP introduces the UV-plane beam mapping for system-level simulations of non-terrestrial networks (NTNs). This paper aims to provide a comprehensive understanding of how beams and user equipments (UEs) are placed on the UV-plane and subsequently mapped to the Earth's surface. We present a general process of projecting UEs on the UV-plane onto the Earth's surface. This process could offer a useful guideline for beam and UE deployment when evaluating the system-level performance of NTNs.<|reference_end|>
@article{jung2024uv-plane,
    title={UV-Plane Beam Mapping for Non-Terrestrial Networks in 3GPP System-Level
  Simulations},
    author={Dong-Hyun Jung, Sucheol Kim, Miyeon Lee, Joon-Gyu Ryu, and Junil Choi},
    journal={arXiv preprint arXiv:2408.08090},
    year={2024},
    archivePrefix={arXiv},
    eprint={2408.08090},
    primaryClass={cs.IT math.IT}
}