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Millimetre wave (mm-wave) communication is considered as one of the most important enablers for the fifth generation communication (5G) system to support data rate of Gbps and above. In some scenarios, it is crucial to maintain a line of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-06-05 Yinan Qi , Mythri Hunukumbure , Yue Wang

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…

There has been an increasing interest in the millimeter wave (mmW) frequency regime in the design of next-generation wireless systems. The focus of this work is on understanding mmW channel properties that have an important bearing on the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Vasanthan Raghavan , Andrzej Partyka , Lida Akhoondzadehasl , Ali Tassoudji , Ozge Koymen , John Sanelli

Near-field (NF) communications is receiving renewed interest in the context of multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems involving large physical apertures with respect to the signal wavelength. While line-of-sight (LOS) links are…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-26 Mohamadreza Delbari , George C. Alexandropoulos , Robert Schober , H. Vincent Poor , Vahid Jamali

This paper investigates the feasibility of mmWave frequencies for personal networks of wireless wearable devices in enclosed settings (e.g., commuter trains, subways, airplanes, airports, or offices). At these frequencies, specular…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-04 Geordie George , Kiran Venugopal , Angel Lozano , Robert W. Heath

5G millimeter wave (mmWave) technology is envisioned to be an integral part of next-generation vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks and autonomous vehicles due to its broad bandwidth, wide field of view sensing, and precise localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-06 Chethan Kumar Anjinappa , Ismail Guvenc

This paper presents a coded-aperture reflector for indoor mmWave coverage enhancement in obstructed or blocked LoS settings. We model the reflecting aperture using an equivalent array-factor formulation, where each passive reflecting cell…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-01 Mohammed E Eltayeb

In this paper, a cooperative passive sensing framework for millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems is proposed and demonstrated in a scenario with one mobile signal blocker. Specifically, in the uplink communication with at least two…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-10-01 Chao Yu , Bojie Lv , Haoyu Qiu , Rui Wang

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) band (30 - 300 GHz) is an emerging spectrum range for wireless communication, short-range radar and sensor applications. mmWave-optic modulators that could efficiently convert mmWave signals into optical domain are…

MmWave communications are expected to play a major role in the Fifth generation of mobile networks. They offer a potential multi-gigabit throughput and an ultra-low radio latency, but at the same time suffer from high isotropic pathloss,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-07-27 Michele Polese

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication, which operates at high frequencies, has gained extensive research interest due to its significantly wide spectrum and short wavelengths. However, mmWave communication suffers from the notable…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Yuwen Cao , Xiaowen Wu , Jiguang He , Tomoaki Ohtsuki , Tony Q. S. Quek

With the explosive growth of mobile data demand, the fifth generation (5G) mobile network would exploit the enormous amount of spectrum in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands to greatly increase communication capacity. There are fundamental…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-02-26 Yong Niu , Yong Li , Depeng Jin , Li Su , Athanasios V. Vasilakos

Following the standardization and deployment of fifth generation (5G) network, researchers have shifted their focus to beyond 5G communication. Existing technologies have brought forth a plethora of applications that could not have been…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-12 Jalil ur Rehman Kazim , Tie Jun Cui , Ahmed Zoha , Lianlin Li , Syed Aziz Shah , Akram Alomainy , Muhammad Ali Imran , Qammer H. Abbasi

Wireless communication using fully passive metal reflectors is a promising technique for coverage expansion, signal enhancement, rank improvement and blind-zone compensation, thanks to its appealing features including zero energy…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-17 Zhi Yu , Chao Feng , Yong Zeng , Teng Li , Shi Jin

In the millimeter waves (mmWave) bands considered for 5G and beyond, the use of very high frequencies results in the interruption of communication whenever there is no line of sight between the transmitter and the receiver. Blockages have…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-12-03 Cristian García Ruiz , Antonio Pascual-Iserte , Olga Muñoz-Medina

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is a key enabling technology with the potential to deliver high capacity, high peak data rate communications for future railway services. Knowledge of the radio characteristics is of paramount…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-07-03 Berna Bulut , Thomas Barratt , Di Kong , Jue Cao , Alberto Loaiza Freire , Simon Armour , Mark Beach

This paper presents outdoor wideband small-scale spatial fading and autocorrelation measurements and results in the 73 GHz millimeter-wave (mmWave) band conducted in downtown Brooklyn, New York. Both directional and omnidirectional receiver…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-04-03 Shu Sun , Hangsong Yan , George R. MacCartney , Theodore S. Rappaport

The coverage probability of a user in a mmwave system depends on the availability of line-of-sight paths or reflected paths from any base station. Many prior works modelled blockages using random shape theory and analyzed the SIR…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-08 Aroon Narayanan , Sreejith T. , Radha Krishna Ganti

mm-Wave communication employs directional beams to overcome high path loss. High data rate communication is typically along line-of-sight (LoS). In outdoor environments, such communication is susceptible to temporary blockage by pedestrians…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-11-17 Santosh Ganji , Romil Sonigra , P. R. Kumar

Indoor millimeter-wave (mmWave) environment channels are typically sparsely-scattered and dominated by a strong line-of-sight (LOS) path. Therefore, communication over such channels is in general extremely difficult when the LOS path is not…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-03-03 Nemanja Stefan Perović , Marco Di Renzo , Mark F. Flanagan