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This paper investigates a new analog beamforming architecture for massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, where each of the multiple transmit antennas is switched to be on or off to form a beam according to the channel state…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-01 Shengli Zhang , Chongtao Guo , Taotao Wang , Wei Zhang

Reconfigurable antennas possess the capability to dynamically adjust their fundamental operating characteristics, thereby enhancing system adaptability and performance. To fully exploit this flexibility in modern wireless communication…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-19 Mengzhen Liu , Ming Li , Rang Liu , Qian Liu

Acoustic beamforming with a microphone array represents an adequate technology for remote acoustic surveillance, as the system has no mechanical parts and it has moderate size. However, in order to accomplish real implementation, several…

Sound · Computer Science 2017-03-08 Abdulla AlShehhi , M. Luai Hammadih , M. Sami Zitouni , Saif AlKindi , Nazar Ali , Luis Weruaga

Hybrid digital and analog beamforming is a highly effective technique for implementing beamforming methods in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems. It provides a viable solution to replace the complex fully digital beamforming techniques.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-30 Rohollah Vahdani , S. Mohammad Razavizadeh

Reconfigurable antennas (RAs), capable of dynamically adapting their radiation patterns, polarization states, and operating frequencies, have emerged as a promising technology to meet the stringent performance requirements of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-21 Mengzhen Liu , Ming Li , Rang Liu , Qian Liu , A. Lee Swindlehurst

The use of multiantenna technologies in the near field offers the possibility of focusing the energy in spatial regions rather than just in angle. The objective of this paper is to provide a formal framework that allows to establish the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-12 Xavier Mestre , Adrian Agustin

Multibeam technology enables the use of two or more subbeams for joint communication and radio sensing, to meet different requirements of beamwidth and pointing directions. Generating and optimizing multibeam subject to the requirements is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-03 Yuyue Luo , J. Andrew Zhang , Xiaojing Huang , Wei Ni , Jin Pan

Phased arrays, commonly used in IEEE 802.11ad and 5G radios, are capable of focusing radio frequency signals in a specific direction or a spatial region. Beamforming achieves such directional or spatial concentration of signals and enables…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-30 Nitin Jonathan Myers , Robert W. Heath

Since space-domain information can be utilized, microphone array beamforming is often used to enhance the quality of the speech by suppressing directional disturbance. However, with the increasing number of microphone, the complexity would…

Sound · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Lu Ma , Xin Zhao , Pei Zhao , Tengrong Su

We present a multi-node, multi-objective open-loop microwave distributed beamforming system based on high-accuracy wireless synchronization and localization. Distributed beamforming requires accurate coordination of the spatial and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-07-23 Ahona Bhattacharyya , Jeffrey A. Nanzer

Gbps wireless transmission over long distance at high frequency bands has great potential for 5G and beyond, as long as high beamforming gain could be delivered at affordable cost to combat the severe path loss. With limited number of RF…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-25 Jinfeng Du , Marcin Rybakowski , Kamil Bechta , Reinaldo A. Valenzuela

To meet the demand of supreme data rates in terabits-per-second, the next-generation mobile system needs to exploit the abundant spectrum in the millimeter-wave and terahertz bands. However, high-frequency transmission heavily relies on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-03 Wei Jiang , Hans D. Schotten

One of the uses of sensor arrays is for spatial filtering or beamforming. Current digital signal processing methods facilitate complex-weighted beamforming, providing flexibility in array design. Previous studies proposed the use of…

Audio and Speech Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-05 V. Tourbabin , M. Agmon , B. Rafaely , J. Tabrikian

Antenna array calibration is necessary to maintain the high fidelity of beam patterns across a wide range of advanced antenna systems and to ensure channel reciprocity in time division duplexing schemes. Despite the continuous development…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-26 Sergey S. Tambovskiy , Gábor Fodor , Hugo M. Tullberg

In millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems, beamforming with large antenna arrays is critical to overcome high path losses. Separating all-digital beamforming into analog and digital stages can provide the large reduction in power…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-09-24 Junmo Sung , Brian L. Evans

Transmit beamforming is a versatile technique for signal transmission from an array of $N$ antennas to one or multiple users [1]. In wireless communications, the goal is to increase the signal power at the intended user and reduce…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-22 Emil Björnson , Mats Bengtsson , Björn Ottersten

Hybrid analog and digital (HAD) beamforming has been recently receiving considerable deserved attention for a practical implementation on the large-scale antenna systems. As compared to full digital beamforming, partial-connected HAD…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-06 Mohammed A. Almagboul , Feng Shu , Yaolu Qin , Xiaobo Zhou , Jin Wang , Yuwen Qian , Kingsley Jun Zou

Beamforming has great potential for joint communication and sensing (JCAS), which is becoming a demanding feature on many emerging platforms such as unmanned aerial vehicles and smart cars. Although beamforming has been extensively studied…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-16 J. Andrew Zhang , Xiaojing Huang , Y. Jay Guo , Jinhong Yuan , Robert W. Heath

Despite its promising performance gain, the realization of mmWave massive MIMO still faces several practical challenges. In particular, implementing massive MIMO in the digital domain requires hundreds of RF chains matching the number of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-13 Guangxu Zhu , Kaibin Huang , Vincent K. N. Lau , Bin Xia , Xiaofan Li , Sha Zhang

This letter develops a novel transmit beamforming (BF) design for canceling self-interference (SI) in analog in-band full-duplex phased arrays. Our design maximizes transmit BF gain in a desired direction while simultaneously reducing SI…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-26 Ao Liu , Ian P. Roberts , Taneli Riihonen , Weixing Sheng