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Millimetre wave (mmWave) beam tracking is a challenging task because tracking algorithms are required to provide consistent high accuracy with low probability of loss of track and minimal overhead. To meet these requirements, we propose in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Chunshan Liu , Min Li , Lou Zhao , Philip Whiting , Stephen V. Hanly , Iain B. Collings , Minjian Zhao

We present a tracking algorithm to maintain the communication link between a base station (BS) and a mobile station (MS) in a millimeter wave (mmWave) communication system, where antenna arrays are used for beamforming in both the BS and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-19 Kang Gao , Mingming Cai , Ding Nie , Bertrand Hochwald , J. Nicholas Laneman , Huang Huang , Kunpeng Liu

Beamforming structures with fixed beam codebooks provide economical solutions for millimeter wave (mmWave) communications due to the low hardware cost. However, the training overhead to search for the optimal beamforming configuration is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-30 Ruichen Deng , Sheng Chen , Sheng Zhou , Zhisheng Niu , Wei Zhang

Mobile users are prone to experience beam failure due to beam drifting in millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. Sensing can help alleviate beam drifting with timely beam changes and low overhead since it does not need user feedback. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-12 Xiyu Wang , Gilberto Berardinelli , Hei Victor Cheng , Petar Popovski , Ramoni Adeogun

Directional transmission patterns (a.k.a. narrow beams) are the key to wireless communications in millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands which suffer from high path loss and severe shadowing. In addition, the propagation channel in mmWave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-05-29 Abbas Khalili , Shahram Shahsavari , Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour , Elza Erkip

Communication at millimeter wave (mmWave) bands is expected to become a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective mmWave communications require fast and reliable methods for beamforming at both the User Equipment…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication with large array gains is a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective communication in mmWaves usually depends on the knowledge of the channel. We refer to the problem of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

In this paper, beam training and beam tracking are investigated for extremely large-scale multiple-input-multiple-output communication systems with partially-connected hybrid combining structures. Firstly, we propose a two-stage…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-11-28 Kangjian Chen , Chenhao Qi , Cheng-Xiang Wang , Geoffrey Ye Li

Beam training and prediction in millimeter-wave communications are highly challenging due to fast time-varying channels and sensitivity to blockages and mobility. In this context, infrastructure-mounted cameras can capture rich…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-29 Mengyuan Ma , Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Nir Shlezinger , Yonina C. Eldar , Markku Juntti

In this paper, we develop an efficient training beam sequence design approach for millimeter wave MISO tracking systems. We impose a discrete state Markov process assumption on the evolution of the angle of departure and introduce the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-19 Deyou Zhang , Ming Xiao , Mikael Skoglund

In this paper, we investigate the problem of beam alignment in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, and design an optimal algorithm to reduce the overhead. Specifically, due to directional communications, the transmitter and receiver beams…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Morteza Hashemi , Ashutosh Sabharwal , C. Emre Koksal , Ness B. Shroff

Millimeter wave (mmWave) is an attractive candidate for high-speed mobile communications in the future. However, due to the propagation characteristics of mmWave, beam and and and and alignment becomes a key challenge for serving users with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-07-03 Yu Liu , Jiahui Li , Yin Sun , Shidong Zhou

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-02-13 Dalin Zhu , Junil Choi , Qian Cheng , Weimin Xiao , Robert W. Heath

Maintaining reliable millimeter wave (mmWave) connections to many fast-moving mobiles is a key challenge in the theory and practice of 5G systems. In this paper, we develop a new algorithm that can jointly track the beam direction and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Jiahui Li , Yin Sun , Limin Xiao , Shidong Zhou , Ashutosh Sabharwal

The directionality of millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications creates a significant challenge in serving fast-moving mobile terminals on, e.g., high-speed vehicles, trains, and UAVs. This challenge is exacerbated in mmWave systems using…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Jiahui Li , Yin Sun , Limin Xiao , Shidong Zhou , C. Emre Koksal

Analog beamforming is a low-cost architecture for millimeter-wave (mmWave) mobile communications. However, it has two disadvantages for serving fast mobility users: (i) the mmWave beam in the wireless channel and the beam steered by analog…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-04 Yu Liu , Jiahui Li , Yin Sun , Shidong Zhou

Mobility scenarios involving short contact times pose a challenge for high bandwidth data transfer between autonomous vehicles and roadside base stations (BS). Millimeter wave bands are a viable solution as they offer enormous bandwidth in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-12-08 Guillem Reus Muns , Kumar Vijay Mishra , Carlos Bocanegra Guerra , Yonnina C. Eldar , Kaushik R. Chowdhury

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is one viable solution to support Gbps sensor data sharing in vehicular networks. The use of large antenna arrays at mmWave and high mobility in vehicular communication make it challenging to design…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-13 Yuyang Wang , Nitin Jonathan Myers , Nuria González-Prelcic , Robert W. Heath

To overcome the high path-loss and the intense shadowing in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications, effective beamforming schemes are required which incorporate narrow beams with high beamforming gains. The mmWave channel consists of a few…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Nariman Torkzaban , Mohammad A. , Khojastepour , John S. Baras

Millimeter-wave communications rely on beamforming gain from both transmitters and receivers to compensate for severe propagation loss. To achieve adequate gain, beam training is required to identify propagation directions. The main…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-04-06 Han Yan , Veljko Boljanovic , Danijela Cabric