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Emerging applications involving device-to-device communication among wearable electronics require Gbps throughput, which can be achieved by utilizing millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands. When many such communicating devices are indoors…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Kiran Venugopal , Matthew C. Valenti , Robert W. Heath

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

Although millimeter wave (mmWave) systems promise to offer larger bandwidth and unprecedented peak data rates, their practical implementation faces several hardware challenges compared to sub-6 GHz communication systems. These hardware…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-11-09 Xi Yang , Michail Matthaiou , Jie Yang , Chao-Kai Wen , Feifei Gao , Shi Jin

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum is expected to support data-intensive applications that require ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). However, mmWave links are highly sensitive to blockage, which may lead to disruptions in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Mine Gokce Dogan , Jaimin Shah , Martina Cardone , Christina Fragouli , Wei Mao , Hosein Nikopour , Rath Vannithamby

Simultaneous use of high-end wearable wireless devices like smart glasses is challenging in a dense indoor environment due to the high nature of interference. In this scenario, the millimeter wave (mmWave) band offers promising potential…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-06-14 Kiran Venugopal , Robert W. Heath

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) are two critical technologies for next-generation networks, especially in dense indoor environments. However, existing analyses often oversimplify the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-15 Zhi Chai , Jiajie Xu , Justin P. Coon , Mohamed-Slim Alouini

This study examines analog beamforming designs utilizing multi-panel arrays for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems under stochastic path blockages where each panel is an integrated circuit that includes power amplifiers, a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-10 Kanta Terui , Kabuto Arai , Koji Ishibashi

In millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, it is challenging to ensure the reliable connectivity of communications due to its sensitivity to the presence of blockages. In order to improve the robustness of the mmWave system under the presence of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Gui Zhou , Cunhua Pan , Hong Ren , Kezhi Wang , Marco Di Renzo

In this paper, a new framework for optimizing the resource allocation in a millimeter-wave-non-orthogonal multiple access (mmWave-NOMA) communication for crowded venues is proposed. MmWave communications suffer from severe blockage caused…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-13 Foad Barghikar , Foroogh S. Tabataba , Mehdi Naderi Soorki

In mmWave networks, a large or nearby object can obstruct multiple communication links, which results in spatial correlation in the blocking probability between a user and two or more base stations (BSs). This paper characterizes this…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Saurabh Kumar Gupta , Vikrant Malik , Abhishek K. Gupta , Jeffrey G. Andrews

Overcoming the link blockage challenges is essential for enhancing the reliability and latency of millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz (sub-THz) communication networks. Previous approaches relied mainly on either (i)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-17 Shunyao Wu , Muhammad Alrabeiah , Chaitali Chakrabarti , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) emerges as a promising technology for the next generation networks. In this paper, we utilize the tools from stochastic geometry to study the performance of a RIS-assisted millimeter wave (mmWave)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-04-19 Le Yang , Fu-Chun Zheng , Shi Jin

Supporting high mobility in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems enables a wide range of important applications such as vehicular communications and wireless virtual/augmented reality. Realizing this in practice, though, requires overcoming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-25 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Sam Alex , Paul Varkey , Ying Li , Qi Qu , Djordje Tujkovic

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications have been postulated as one of the most disruptive technologies for future 5G systems. Among mmWave bands the 60-GHz radio technology is specially suited for ultradense small cells and mobile data…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2016-05-19 Cristina Perfecto , Javier Del Ser , Muhammad Ikram Ashraf , Miren Nekane Bilbao , Mehdi Bennis

Mobility may degrade the performance of next-generation vehicular networks operating at the millimeter-wave spectrum: frequent mis-alignment and blockages require repeated beam training and handover, and incur enormous overhead.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-07 Muddassar Hussain , Maria Scalabrin , Michele Rossi , Nicolo Michelusi

The millimeter wave (mmWave) band, which is a prime candidate for 5G cellular networks, seems attractive for wireless energy harvesting. This is because it will feature large antenna arrays as well as extremely dense base station (BS)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-14 Talha Ahmed Khan , Ahmed Alkhateeb , Robert W. Heath

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

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications are sensitive to blockage over radio propagation paths. The emerging paradigm of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) has the potential to overcome this issue by its ability to arbitrarily reflect…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-30 Yan Yang , Shuping Dang , Miaowen Wen , Bo Ai , Rose Qingyang Hu

Base station (BS) placement in mobile networks is critical to the efficient use of resources in any communication system and one of the main factors that determines the quality of communication. Although there is ample literature on the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-10 Fatih Erden , Chethan K. Anjinappa , Ender Ozturk , Ismail Guvenc

Millimetre-wave (mmWave) technology is a promising candidate for meeting the intensifying demand for ultra fast wireless connectivity, especially in high-end enterprise networks. Very narrow beam forming is mandatory to mitigate the severe…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-02-02 Nicolo Facchi , Francesco Gringoli , Paul Patras