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This paper introduces an innovative quantum-inspired method for beamforming (BF) optimization in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) arrays. The method leverages the simulated bifurcation (SB) algorithm to address the complex…

Conventional beamforming with fixed-orientation antenna (FOA) arrays may struggle to effectively enhance signal and/or suppress interference due to significant variations in antenna directive gains over different steering angles. To break…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-23 Jie Feng , Zhenbing Liu , Junjie Dai , Hongbin Chen , Fangjiong Chen

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are expected to play a crucial role in the 5G wireless communication systems. These advanced systems, which are being deployed since 2021, offer significant advantages over conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-16 Amirsadegh Roshanzamir

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

Multi-antenna technologies such as massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (massive MIMO) and beamforming are key features to enhance performance, in terms of capacity and coverage, by using a large number of antennas intelligently. With the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Jalal Rachad , Ridha Nasri , Laurent Decreusefond

Massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems are cellular networks where the base stations (BSs) are equipped with unconventionally many antennas. Such large antenna arrays offer huge spatial degrees-of-freedom for transmission…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-03-20 Emil Björnson , Michail Matthaiou , Mérouane Debbah

Movable antenna (MA)-enabled near-field (NF) communications offer significant potential for 6G, yet existing designs often neglect the practical constraints of hybrid beamforming (HBF) for extremely large-scale MIMO (XL-MIMO). Conversely,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-11 Xiangqian Xu , Songjie Yang , Arumugam Nallanathan

The time-modulated array is a simple array architecture in which each antenna is connected to an RF switch that serves as a modulator. The phase shift is achieved by digitally controlling the relative delay between the periodic modulating…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-24 Marcin Wachowiak , André Bourdoux , Sofie Pollin

Future wireless systems, known as gigantic multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO), are expected to enhance performance by significantly increasing the number of antennas, e.g., a few thousands. To enable gigantic MIMO overcoming the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-06-09 Matteo Nerini , Bruno Clerckx

For 5G it will be important to leverage the available millimeter wave spectrum. To achieve an approximately omni- directional coverage with a similar effective antenna aperture compared to state of the art cellular systems, an antenna array…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-27 Kilian Roth , Josef A. Nossek

Hybrid beamforming (HBF) design is a crucial stage in millimeter wave (mmWave) multi-user multi-input multi-output (MU-MIMO) systems. However, conventional HBF methods are still with high complexity and strongly rely on the quality of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-28 Shaocheng Huang , Yu Ye , Ming Xiao

Hybrid digital/analog architecture and low-resolution analog-to-digital/digital-to-analog converters (ADCs /DACs) are two low-cost implementations for large-scale millimeter wave (mmWave) systems. In this paper, we investigate the problem…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-07 Ziyang Cheng , Linlong Wu , Bowen Wang , Julan Xie , Huiyong Li

The design of a set of beamformers for the multiuser multiple-input single-output (MISO) downlink that provides the receivers with prespecified levels of quality-of-service (QoS) can be quite challenging when the channel state information…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-10-27 Mostafa Medra , Yongwei Huang , Timothy N. Davidson

In this paper, multi-stream transmission in interference networks aided by multiple amplify-and-forward (AF) relays in the presence of direct links is considered. The objective is to minimize the sum power of transmitters and relays by…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-12-31 Cenk M. Yetis , Ronald Y. Chang

Consider a simple two-way relaying channel where two single-antenna sources exchange information via a multiple-antenna relay. To such a scenario, all the existing works which can achieve full diversity order are based on the antenna/relay…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-05-30 Zhongyuan Zhao , Zhiguo Ding , Mugen Peng , Wenbo Wang

Dynamic metasurface antennas (DMA) provide low-power beamforming through reconfigurable radiative slots. Each slot has a tunable component that consumes low power compared to typical analog components like phase shifters. This makes DMAs a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Joseph M. Carlson , Nitish V. Deshpande , Miguel Rodrigo Castellanos , Robert W. Heath

Beamforming has significance for enhancing spectral efficiency and mitigating interference in multi-antenna wireless systems, facilitating spatial multiplexing and diversity in dense and high mobility scenarios. Traditional beamforming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-06 Cemil Vahapoglu , Timothy J. O'Shea , Wan Liu , Sennur Ulukus

Multi-user Orthogonal Frequency Division Multiplexing (OFDM) and Multiple Output Multiple Output (MIMO) have been widely adopted to enhance the system throughput and combat the detrimental effects of wireless channels. Recently,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-18 Yi Xu , Shiwen Mao , Xin Su

Incorporating full duplex operation in Multiple Input Multiple Output (MIMO) systems provides the potential of boosting throughput performance. However, the hardware complexity of the analog self-interference canceller in emerging full…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-09-26 George C. Alexandropoulos , Melissa Duarte

Hybrid beamforming (HBF) transceiver architectures based on frequency-independent phase shifters (PS-HBF) are sensitive to the phases and physical directions with limited capability to compensate for the detrimental effects of the beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-09-27 Mengyuan Ma , Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Markku Juntti