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There is a growing interest in codebook-based beam-steering for millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems due to its potential for low complexity and rapid beam search. A key focus of recent research has been the design of codebooks that strike a…
Extremely large aperture array (ELAA) can significantly enhance beamforming gain and spectral efficiency. Unfortunately, the use of narrower beams for data transmission results in a substantial increase in the cost of beam training. In this…
Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications can potentially meet the high data-rate requirements of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. However, as the prerequisite of mmWave communications, the narrow directional beam tracking is very…
Modern millimeter wave (mmWave) transceivers come with a large number of antennas, each of which can support thousands of phase shifter configurations. This capability enables beam sweeping with fine angular resolution, but results in large…
Fifth generation (5G) wireless networks are expected to utilize wide bandwidths available at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies for enhancing system throughput. However, the unfavorable channel conditions of mmWave links, e.g., higher…
In this work, we study codebook designs for full-dimension multiple-input multiple-output (FD-MIMO) systems with a multi-panel array (MPA). We propose novel codebooks which allow precise beam structures for MPA FD-MIMO systems by…
Employing large antenna arrays is a key characteristic of millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz communication systems. Due to the hardware constraints and the lack of channel knowledge, codebook based beamforming/combining is normally…
Beam codebooks are a recent feature to enable high dimension multiple-input multiple-output in 5G. Codebooks comprised of customizable beamforming weights can be used to transmit reference signals and aid the channel state information (CSI)…
Millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz MIMO systems rely on pre-defined beamforming codebooks for both initial access and data transmission. Being pre-defined, however, these codebooks are commonly not optimized for specific environments,…
Extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO) is a promising technique for future 6G communications. The sharp increase in the number of antennas causes electromagnetic propagation to change from far-field to near-field. Due to the near-field…
This paper develops a novel methodology for designing analog beamforming codebooks for full-duplex millimeter wave (mmWave) transceivers, the first such codebooks to the best of our knowledge. Our design reduces the self-interference…
Fast and precise beam alignment is crucial for high-quality data transmission in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems, where large-scale antenna arrays are utilized to overcome the severe propagation loss. To tackle the…
Millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems use directional beams to support high-rate data communications. Small misalignment between the transmit and receive beams (e.g., due to the mobility) can result in significant drop of the received signal…
In this letter, we study efficient near-field beam training design for the extremely large-scale array (XL-array) communication systems. Compared with the conventional far-field beam training method that searches for the best beam direction…
Hybrid beamforming (HB) architectures are attractive for wireless communication systems with large antenna arrays because the analog beamforming stage can significantly reduce the number of RF transceivers and hence power consumption. In HB…
In extremely large-scale multiple input multiple output (XL-MIMO) systems for future sixth-generation (6G) communications, codebook-based beam training stands out as a promising technology to acquire channel state information (CSI). Despite…
The number of radio frequency (RF) chains can be reduced through beam selection in lens-based millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive MIMO systems, where the equivalent channel between RF chains and multiple users is required at the BS to achieve…
To establish reliable and long-range millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication, beamforming is deemed to be a promising solution. Although beamforming can be done in the digital and analog domains, both approaches are hindered by several…
The mmWave communication system is operating at a regime with high number of antennas and very limited number of RF analog chains. Large number of antennas are used to extend the communication range for recovering the high path loss while…
Millimeter-wave is one of the technologies powering the new generation of wireless communication systems. To compensate the high path-loss, millimeter-wave devices need to use highly directional antennas. Consequently, beam misalignment…