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Millimeter wave (mmWave) holds promise as a carrier frequency for fifth generation cellular networks. Because mmWave signals are sensitive to blockage, prior models for cellular networks operated in the ultra high frequency (UHF) band do…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-10-21 Tianyang Bai , Robert W. Heath

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

A critical challenge for wireless communications in the millimeter wave (mmWave) bands is blockage. MmWave signals suffer significant penetration losses from many common materials and objects, and small changes in the position of obstacles…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-27 Christopher Slezak , Menglei Zhang , Marco Mezzavilla , Sundeep Rangan

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

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 study the effect of interference management arising due to millimeter wave (mmWave) communication on the performance of multiple input multiple output (MIMO) based spectrum sharing cognitive systems. The highly directed mmWave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-26 Abhishek Agrahari , Aditya K. Jagannatham

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

Rapidly fading channels caused by pedestrians in dense urban environments will have a significant impact on millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications systems that employ electrically-steerable and narrow beamwidth antenna arrays. A…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-08 George R. MacCartney , Theodore S. Rappaport , Sundeep Rangan

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

Connected and autonomous vehicles will play a pivotal role in future Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs) and smart cities, in general. High-speed and low-latency wireless communication links will allow municipalities to warn vehicles…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-16 Andrea Tassi , Malcolm Egan , Robert J. Piechocki , Andrew Nix

Signal occlusion by building blockages is a double-edged sword for the performance of millimeter-wave (mmW) communication networks. Buildings may dominantly attenuate the useful signals, especially when mmW base stations (BSs) are sparsely…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-12-05 Jeemin Kim , Jihong Park , Seunghwan Kim , Seong-Lyun Kim , Ki Won Sung , Kwang Soon Kim

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) signals are much more sensitive to blockage, which results in a significant increase of the outage probability, especially for the users at the edge of the cells. In this paper, we exploit the technique of base…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-15 Hui-Ming Wang , Ke-Wen Huang , Theodoros A. Tsiftsis

The millimeter wave (mmWave) bands and other high frequencies above 6~GHz have emerged as a central component of Fifth-Generation (5G) cellular standards to deliver high data rates and ultra-low latency. A key challenge in these bands is…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Christopher Slezak , Vasilii Semkin , Sergey Andreev , Yevgeni Koucheryavy , Sundeep Rangan

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications systems are promising candidate to support extremely high data rate services in future wireless networks. MmWave communications exhibit high penetration loss (blockage) and require directional…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-02-04 Roberto Congiu , Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Carlo Fischione , Fortunato Santucci

In millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems, narrow beam operations overcome severe channel attenuations, reduce multiuser interference, and thus introduce the new concept of noise-limited mmWave wireless networks. The regime of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-02 Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Carlo Fischione

Millimeter-wave systems are characterized by the use of highly directional antennas and the presence of blockages, which significantly alter the path-loss and small-scale fading parameters. The received power of each interferer depends on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Enass Hriba , Matthew C. Valenti , Kiran Venugopal , Robert W. Heath,

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

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

Increased density of wireless devices, ever growing demands for extremely high data rate, and spectrum scarcity at microwave bands make the millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies an important player in future wireless networks. However,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-09-28 Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Carlo Fischione , Petar Popovski , Michele Zorzi