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Initial access (IA) is the process by which user equipment (UE) establishes its first connection with a base station. In 5G systems, particularly at millimeter-wave frequencies, IA integrates beam management to support highly directional…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-10-30 Sabrine Aroua , Christos Anastasios Bovolis , Bo Göransson , Anastasios Giovanidis , Mathieu Leconte , Apostolos Destounis

Millimeter wave (mmWave) technology is expected to be a major component of 5G wireless networks. Ultra-wide bandwidths of mmWave signals and the possibility of utilizing large number of antennas at the transmitter and the receiver allow…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-01 Macey Ruble , Dr. Ismail Guvenc

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is envisioned as a cornerstone to fulfill the data rate requirements for fifth generation (5G) cellular networks. In mmWave communication, beamforming is considered as a key technology to combat the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-09 Waqas Bin Abbas , Michele Zorzi

Enabling the high data rates of millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular systems requires deploying large antenna arrays at both the basestations and mobile users. The beamforming weights of these large arrays need to be tuned to guarantee…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-23 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Young-Han Nam , Md Saifur Rahman , Jianzhong Zhang , Robert W. Heath

Millimeter-Wave (mm-Wave) frequency bands provide an opportunity for much wider channel bandwidth compared with the traditional sub-6 GHz band. Communication at mm-Waves is, however, quite challenging due to the severe propagation path…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-19 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

The massive amounts of bandwidth available at millimeter-wave frequencies (roughly above 10 GHz) have the potential to greatly increase the capacity of fifth generation cellular wireless systems. However, to overcome the high isotropic…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Marco Giordani , Marco Mezzavilla , Michele Zorzi

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

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) and millimeter wave (mmWave) are two key enabling technologies for the fifth-generation (5G) mobile networks and beyond. In this paper, we consider mmWave NOMA systems with max-min fairness constraints.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-01-07 Jinle Zhu , Qiang Li , Hongyang Chen , H. Vincent Poor

We consider the following positioning problem where several base stations (BS) try to locate a user equipment (UE): The UE sends a positioning signal to several BS. Each BS performs Angle of Arrival (AoA) measurements on the received…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-08-17 Viet-Hoa Nguyen , Vincent Corlay , Nicolas Gresset , Cristina Ciochina

The ever-increasing demand for intelligent, automated, and connected mobility solutions pushes for the development of an innovative sixth Generation (6G) of cellular networks. A radical transformation on the physical layer of vehicular…

Fifth generation (5G) and beyond communication systems open the door to millimeter Wave (mmWave) frequency bands to leverage the extremely large operating bandwidths and deliver unprecedented network capacity. These frequency bands are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-25 Roberto Flamini , Danilo De Donno , Jonathan Gambini , Francesco Giuppi , Christian Mazzucco , Angelo Milani , Laura Resteghini

We propose an iterative channel estimation algorithm based on the Least Square Estimation (LSE) and Sparse Message Passing (SMP) algorithm for the Millimeter Wave (mmWave) MIMO systems. The channel coefficients of the mmWave MIMO are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-23 Chongwen Huang , Lei Liu , Chau Yuen , Sumei Sun

The problem of beam alignment (BA) in a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system operating at millimeter wave (mmWaves) carrier frequencies is considered in this paper. Two estimation algorithms are proposed, in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-06-28 Stefano Buzzi , Carmen D'Andrea , Maria Fresia , Xiaofeng Wu

In the beyond fifth-generation (B5G) and upcoming sixth-generation (6G) wireless communication systems, millimeter (mmWave) wave technology is a promising solution for offering additional bandwidth resources and mitigating spectrum…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-10 Jiawei Zhang , Shihan Wang , Jienan Chen , Fan Wu , Jiyun Tao , Zheqi Gu

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

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive MIMO used for access and backhaul in ultra-dense network (UDN) has been considered as the promising 5G technique. We consider such an heterogeneous network (HetNet) that ultra-dense small base stations (BSs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Zhen Gao , Linglong Dai , Zhaocheng Wang

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) MIMO systems rely on highly directional beamforming to overcome severe path loss and ensure robust communication links. However, selecting the optimal beam pair efficiently remains a challenge due to the large…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-15 Joseph K. Chege , Arie Yeredor , Martin Haardt

With the increasing network densification, it has become exceedingly difficult to provide traditional fiber backhaul access to each cell site, which is especially true for small cell base stations (SBSs). The increasing maturity of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-10-18 Chiranjib Saha , Mehrnaz Afshang , Harpreet S. Dhillon

In millimeter-wave (MMW) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communications, users and their corresponding base station (BS) have to align their beam during both initial access and data transmissions to compensate for the high propagation…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-17 Donatella Darsena , Francesco Verde

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