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The susceptibility of millimeter waveform propagation to blockages limits the coverage of millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals. To overcome blockages, we propose to leverage two-hop device-to-device (D2D) relaying. Using stochastic geometry, we…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2018-01-03 Shuanshuan Wu , Rachad Atat , Nicholas Mastronarde , Lingjia Liu

Due to its potential for multi-gigabit and low latency wireless links, millimeter wave (mmWave) technology is expected to play a central role in 5th generation cellular systems. While there has been considerable progress in understanding…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-09-06 Marco Mezzavilla , Menglei Zhang , Michele Polese , Russell Ford , Sourjya Dutta , Sundeep Rangan , Michele Zorzi

Provisioning of high throughput millimetre-wave signal to indoor areas that potentially serve a large number of users, such as transportation hubs or convention centres, will require dedicated indoor millimetre-wave access point…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-19 Fadhil Firyaguna , Jacek Kibilda , Carlo Galiotto , Nicola Marchetti

In this paper, we consider secure downlink transmission in a multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) system where the numbers of base station (BS) antennas, mobile terminals, and eavesdropper antennas are asymptotically…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Jun Zhu , Robert Schober , Vijay K. Bhargava

The millimeter wave (mmWave) band, which is a prime candidate for 5G cellular networks, seems attractive for wireless energy harvesting. This is because it will feature large antenna arrays as well as extremely dense base station (BS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Talha Ahmed Khan , Ahmed Alkhateeb , Robert W. Heath

Beam alignment (BA) is a crucial process in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications, enabling precise directional transmission and efficient link establishment. However, due to characteristics like omnidirectional exposure and the broadcast…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Yulin Teng , Keshuang Han , Pinchang Zhang , Xiaohong Jiang , Yulong Shen , Fu Xiao

This paper exploits the potential of physical layer security in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) aided two-tier heterogeneous networks (HetNets). We focus on the downlink secure transmission in the presence of multiple…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-10 Yansha Deng , Lifeng Wang , Kai-Kit Wong , Arumugam Nallanathan , Maged Elkashlan

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) have found widespread commercial, civilian, and military applications. Wireless communication has always been one of the core technologies for UAV. However, the communication capacity is becoming a bottleneck…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-26 Zhenyu Xiao , Lipeng Zhu , Yanming Liu , Pengfei Yi , Rui Zhang , Xiang-Gen Xia , Robert Schober

Recently, millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications have received great attention due to the availability of large spectrum resources. Nevertheless, their impact on TCP performance has been overlooked, which is observed that the said TCP…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-09-06 Minho Kim , Seung-Woo Ko , Seong-Lyun Kim

This paper examines the secrecy performance of millimeter-wave (mm-Wave) communications with imperfect hardware and uncertain eavesdropper location. We consider a multiple-antenna source communicating with a single-antenna destination using…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Saeed Mashdour , Majid Moradikia , Phee Lep Yeoh

The future 5G networks are expected to use millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands to take advantage of large unused spectrum. However, due to the high path loss at mmWave frequencies, coverage of mmWave signals can get severely reduced,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-14 Wahab Khawaja , Ozgur Ozdemir , Yavuz Yapici , Fatih Erden , Martins Ezuma , Ismail Guvenc

In order to cope with the severe path loss, millimeter-wave (mm-wave) systems exploit highly directional communication. As a consequence, even a slight beam misalignment between two communicating devices (for example, due to mobility) can…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-12-26 Joan Palacios , Danilo De Donno , Joerg Widmer

Millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular systems will enable gigabit-per-second data rates thanks to the large bandwidth available at mmWave frequencies. To realize sufficient link margin, mmWave systems will employ directional beamforming with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-18 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Omar El Ayach , Geert Leus , Robert W. Heath

While cellular communications in millimeter wave (mmW) bands have been attracting significant research interest, their potential harmful impacts on human health are not as significantly studied. Prior research on human exposure to radio…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-11-13 Imtiaz Nasim , Seungmo Kim

Reliable and secure communication is an important aspect of modern fiber optic communication. In this work we consider a multi-mode fiber (MMF) channel wiretapped by an eavesdropper. We assume the transmitter knows the legitimate channel,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-22 Eduard Jorswieck , Andrew Lonnstrom , Karl-Ludwig Besser , Stefan Rothe , Juergen W. Czarske

A key enabler for the emerging autonomous and cooperative driving services is high-throughput and reliable Vehicle-to-Network (V2N) communication. In this respect, the millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies hold great promises because of the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Marco Giordani , Andrea Zanella , Takamasa Higuchi , Onur Altintas , Michele Zorzi

Physical layer security has been recently recognized as a promising new design paradigm to provide security in wireless networks. In addition to the existing conventional cryptographic methods, physical layer security exploits the dynamics…

In this paper, we consider physical layer security provisioning in multi-cell massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Specifically, we consider secure downlink transmission in a multi-cell massive MIMO system with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-05-29 Jun Zhu , Robert Schober , Vijay K. Bhargava

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) technology is increasingly recognized as a pivotal technology of the sixth-generation communication networks due to the large amounts of available spectrum at high frequencies. However, the huge overhead associated…

This paper provides an overview of the features of fifth generation (5G) wireless communication systems now being developed for use in the millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands. Early results and key concepts of 5G networks are…