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Millimeter wave (mmWave) systems will likely employ large antenna arrays at both the transmitters and receivers. A natural application of antenna arrays is simultaneous transmission to multiple users, which requires multi-user precoding at…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Robert W. Heath , Geert Leus

While spectrum at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies is less scarce than at traditional frequencies below 6 GHz, still it is not unlimited, in particular if we consider the requirements from other services using the same band and the need…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-05-14 Mattia Rebato , Federico Boccardi , Marco Mezzavilla , Sundeep Rangan , Michele Zorzi

As a revolutionary wireless transmission strategy, interference alignment (IA) can improve the capacity of the cell-edge users. However, the acquisition of the global channel state information (CSI) for IA leads to unacceptable overhead in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-19 Jianpeng Ma , Shun Zhang , Hongyan Li , Nan Zhao , Victor C. M. Leung

With the overcrowded sub-6 GHz bands, millimeter wave (mmWave) bands offer a promising alternative for the next generation wireless standard, i.e., 5G. However, the susceptibility of mmWave signals to severe pathloss and shadowing requires…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-10-13 Solmaz Niknam , Balasubramaniam Natarajan , Reza Barazideh

The sensitivity of millimeter-wave (mmWave) radio channel to blockage is a fundamental challenge in achieving low-latency and ultra-reliable connectivity. In this paper, we explore the viability of using coordinated multi-point (CoMP)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-25 Dileep Kumar , Satya Joshi , Antti Tölli

Initial cell search and selection is one of the first few essential steps that a mobile device must perform to access a mobile network. The distinct features of 5G bring new challenges to the design of initial cell search and selection. In…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Ning Wei , Xingqin Lin , Guangrong Yue , Zhongpei Zhang

Millimeter wave (mmWave) will play a significant role as a 5G candidate in facing the growing demand of enormous data rate in the near future. The conventional mmWave standard, IEEE 802.11ad, considers establishing only one mmWave link in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-07-27 Ahmed M. Nor

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is a promising technology to cope with the exponential increase in 5G data traffic. Such networks typically require a very dense deployment of base stations. A subset of those, so-called macro base…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-07 Dingwen Yuan , Hsuan-Yin Lin , Jörg Widmer , Matthias Hollick

In this paper, an LSTM-aided hybrid random access scheme (LSTMH-RA) is proposed to support diverse quality of service (QoS) requirements in 6G machine-type communication (MTC) networks, where massive MTC (mMTC) devices and ultra-reliable…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-01 Wenchao Zhai , Huimei Han , Lei Liu , Jun Zhao

A new random access scheme is proposed to solve the intra-cell pilot collision for M2M communication in crowded asynchronous massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. The proposed scheme utilizes the proposed estimation of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-14 Huimei Han , Wenchao Zhai , Zhefu Wu , Ying Li , Jun Zhao , Mingda Chen

Cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF mMIMO) provides good interference management by coordinating many more access points (APs) than user equipments (UEs). It becomes challenging to determine which APs should serve which UEs…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-06 Shuaifei Chen , Jiayi Zhang , Emil Björnson , Bo Ai

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) emerges as a promising technology for B5G/6G, particularly in the millimeter-wave (mmWave) band. However, the widespread adoption of hybrid architecture in mmWave systems compromises multiplexing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-18 Boxun Liu , Shijian Gao , Zonghui Yang , Xiang Cheng

Near-field integrated sensing and communication (ISAC) leverages distance-dependent channel variations for joint distance and angle estimation. However, full-digital architectures have prohibitive hardware costs, making hybrid…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-12-05 Jiasi Zhou , Chintha Tellambura , Geoffrey Ye Li

Triggered by the explosion of mobile traffic, 5G (5th Generation) cellular network requires evolution to increase the system rate 1000 times higher than the current systems in 10 years. Motivated by this common problem, there are several…

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) has attracted substantial attraction in recent years for spectral efficiency improvement, enabling hardware and spectrum sharing for simultaneous sensing and signaling operations. In-band Full…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-17 Md Atiqul Islam , George C. Alexandropoulos , Besma Smida

Due to the exponential increase in wireless devices and a diversification of network services, unprecedented challenges, such as managing heterogeneous data traffic and massive access demands, have arisen in next-generation wireless…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-12-17 Zhizhen Li , Xuanhao Luo , Mingzhe Chen , Chenhan Xu , Shiwen Mao , Yuchen Liu

Cell-free Massive MIMO (mMIMO) is envisaged to be a next-generation technology beyond 5G with its high spectral efficiency and superior spatial diversity as compared to that of conventional MIMO technology. The main principle is that many…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-09 Zakir Hussain Shaik , Emil Björnson , Erik G. Larsson

As the number of real-time applications with ultra-low delay requirements quickly grows, massive ultra-reliable and low-latency communication (mURLLC) has been proposed to provide a wide range of delay-sensitive services for the sixth…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-07-18 Yixin Zhang , Wenchi Cheng , Wei Zhang

Millimeter wave (mmWave) is a key technology to support high data rate demands for 5G applications. Highly directional transmissions are crucial at these frequencies to compensate for high isotropic pathloss. This reliance on di- rectional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-09-05 Asim Mazin , Mohamed Elkourdi , Richard D. Gitlin

A high success rate of grant-free random access scheme is proposed to support massive access for machine-to-machine communications in massive multipleinput multiple-output systems. This scheme allows active user equipments (UEs) to transmit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-29 Huimei Han , Lushun Fang , Weidang Lu , Wenchao Zhai , Ying Li , Jun Zhao