  Use of low resolution analog to digital converters (ADCs) is an effective way
to reduce the high power consumption of millimeter wave (mmWave) receivers. In
this paper, a receiver with low resolution ADCs based on adaptive thresholds is
considered in downlink mmWave communications in which the channel state
information is not known a-priori and acquired through channel estimation. A
performance comparison of low-complexity algorithms for power and ADC
allocation among transmit and receive terminals, respectively, is provided.
Through simulation of practical mmWave cellular networks, it is shown that the
use of low resolution ADCs does not significantly degrade the system throughput
(as compared to a conventional fully digital high resolution receiver) when
using the adaptive threshold receiver in conjunction with simple power and ADC
allocation strategies.
