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In this letter, the mmAlert system, predicting millimeter wave (mmWave) link blockage during data communication, is elaborated and demonstrated. The passive sensing method is adopted for mobile blocker detection, where two receive beams…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-02-23 Chao Yu , Yifei Sun , Yan Luo , Rui Wang

Millimeter wave (mmWave) is a practical solution to provide high data rate for the vehicle-to-everything (V2X) communications. This enables the future autonomous vehicles to exchange big data with the base stations (BSs) such as the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-03-24 Elyes Balti

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication has attracted increasing attention as a promising technology for 5G networks. One of the key architectural features of mmWave is the use of massive antenna arrays at both the transmitter and the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-02 Qing Xue , Xuming Fang , Ming Xiao

Millimeter wave (MmWave) systems are vulnerable to blockages, which cause signal drop and link outage. One solution is to deploy reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) to add a strong non-line-of-sight path from the transmitter to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-06-01 Xiaowen Tian , Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic , Robert W. Heath

The susceptibility of millimeter-wave (mmWave) signals to physical blockage and abrupt signal strength variations presents a challenge to reliable 5G communication. This work proposes and examines the feasibility of utilizing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-14 Ziad Ali , Alexandra Duel-Hallen , Hans Hallen

Beamforming techniques have been widely used in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands to mitigate the path loss of mmWave radio links as the narrow straight beams by directionally concentrating the signal energy. However, traditional mmWave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-04-03 Kan Zheng , Haojun Yang , Ziqiang Ying , Pengshuo Wang , Lajos Hanzo

Narrow beams are key to wireless communications in millimeter wave frequency bands. Beam alignment (BA) allows the base station (BS) to adjust the direction and width of the beam used for communication. During BA, the BS transmits a number…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-05 Abbas Khalili , Shahram Shahsavari , Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour , Elza Erkip

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems require narrow beams to increase communication range. If the dominant communication direction is blocked by an obstacle, an alternative and reliable spatial communication path should be quickly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-10-01 Fatih Erden , Ozgur Ozdemir , Ismail Guvenc , David W. Matolak

In this paper, a new mathematical framework to the analysis of millimeter wave cellular networks is introduced. Its peculiarity lies in considering realistic path-loss and blockage models, which are derived from experimental data recently…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Marco Di Renzo

Ultra-reliable and low-latency connectivity is required for real-time and latency-sensitive applications, like wireless augmented and virtual reality streaming. Millimeter-wave (mmW) networks have enabled extremely high data rates through…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-10 Benjamin W. Domae , Ibrahim Pehlivan , Danijela Cabric

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

The next generations of vehicles will require data transmission rates in the order of terabytes per driving hour, to support advanced automotive services. This unprecedented amount of data to be exchanged goes beyond the capabilities of…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-03-06 Marco Giordani , Mattia Rebato , Andrea Zanella , Michele Zorzi

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) multi-user MIMO systems are highly vulnerable to blockage, and reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RIS) have been proposed as a remedy. However, RIS links may themselves be blocked, while most prior works assume…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-21 Sehyun Ryu , Hyun Jong Yang

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is anticipated to provide significant throughout gains in urban scenarios. To this end, network densification is a necessity to meet the high traffic volume generated by smart phones, tablets, and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-04-17 Roohollah Amiri , Hani Mehrpouyan

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems use large number of antenna elements that can potentially overcome severe channel attenuation by narrow beamforming. Narrow-beam operation in mmWave networks also reduces multiuser…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-15 Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Carlo Fischione

Millimeter Wave (MmWave) communication is one of the key technology of the fifth generation (5G) wireless systems to achieve the expected 1000x data rate. With large bandwidth at mmWave band, the link capacity between users and base…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-03-19 Mingjie Feng , Shiwen Mao

Line-of-sight link blockages represent a key challenge for the reliability and latency of millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communication networks. This paper proposes to leverage LiDAR sensory data to provide awareness about the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-19 Shunyao Wu , Chaitali Chakrabarti , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Millimeter-wave (mm-wave) communications incur a high beam alignment cost in mobile scenarios such as vehicular networks. Therefore, an efficient beam alignment mechanism is required to mitigate the resulting overhead. In this paper, a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-30 Nicolo Michelusi , Muddassar Hussain

Millimeter Waves (mmWaves) will play a pivotal role in the next-generation of Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). However, in deep urban environments, sensitivity to blockages creates the need for more sophisticated network planning.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Ioannis Mavromatis , Andrea Tassi , Robert J. Piechocki , Andrew Nix

Mobility management is a major challenge for the wide-spread deployment of millimeter-wave (mmWave) cellular networks. In particular, directional beamforming in mmWave devices renders high-speed mobility support very complex. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-12-17 Somayeh Aghashahi , Samaneh Aghashahi , Zolfa Zeinalpour-Yazdi , Aliakbar Tadaion , Arash Asadi