Benefits and Limitations of Beamforming

Benefits of beamforming

Advantages of beamforming include the following:

· More power is directed in the beam’s specified direction.

· Higher signal quality reaches the receiving device, which increases the coverage capacity of the cell tower or base station.

· There are faster information transfers and fewer errors.

· Signal interference between devices is avoided since signals are only broadcast where needed.

· Analog beamforming is relatively simple to implement and has lower power requirements.

Current limitations of beamforming

Beamforming does have limitations, however:

· It sometimes requires more computing resources and power for beamforming calculations.

· Digital and massive MIMO beamforming systems may be more complex, especially considering more antennas and other hardware used.

· Its cost tends to be higher than traditional systems.