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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

The massive exploitation of robots for industry 4.0 needs advanced wireless solutions that replace less flexible and more costly wired networks. In this regard, millimeter-waves (mm-waves) can provide high data rates, but they are…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Cristian Tatino , Nikolaos Pappas , Di Yuan

Millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular systems will enable gigabit-per-second data rates thanks to the large bandwidth available at mmWave frequencies. To realize sufficient link margin, mmWave systems will employ directional beamforming with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-18 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Omar El Ayach , Geert Leus , Robert W. Heath

Communication at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies is defining a new era of wireless communication. The mmWave band offers higher bandwidth communication channels versus those presently used in commercial wireless systems. The…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-05-04 Robert W. Heath , Nuria Gonzalez-Prelcic , Sundeep Rangan , Wonil Roh , Akbar Sayeed

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

To support millimeter wave (mmWave) frequency bands in cellular communications, both the base station and the mobile platform utilize large antenna arrays to steer narrow beams towards each other to compensate the path loss and improve…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Junmo Sung , Brian L. Evans

Beam alignment (BA) is to ensure the transmitter and receiver beams are accurately aligned to establish a reliable communication link in millimeter-wave (mmwave) systems. Existing BA methods search the entire beam space to identify the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-09-10 Wen Wu , Nan Cheng , Ning Zhang , Peng Yang , Weihua Zhuang , Xuemin , Shen

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication links for 5G cellular technology require high beamforming gain to overcome channel impairments and achieve high throughput. While much work has focused on estimating mmWave channels and designing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-01-08 Stephen G. Larew , David J. Love

In this paper, we address inter-beam inter-cell interference mitigation in 5G networks that employ millimeter-wave (mmWave), beamforming and non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) techniques. Those techniques play a key role in improving…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-03-10 Medhat Elsayed , Kevin Shimotakahara , Melike Erol-Kantarci

Millimeter-wave will be a key technology in next-generation wireless networks thanks to abundant bandwidth availability. However, the use of large antenna arrays with beamforming demands precise beam-alignment between transmitter and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-12-11 Muddassar Hussain , Nicolo Michelusi

MmWaves have been envisioned as a promising direction to provide Gbps wireless access. However, they are susceptible to high path losses and blockages, which directional antennas can only partially mitigate. That makes mmWave networks…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-04-24 Bibo Zhang , Ilario Filippini

Beam training is one of the most important and challenging tasks in millimeter-wave and sub-terahertz communications. Novel transceiver architectures and signal processing techniques are required to avoid prohibitive training overhead when…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Veljko Boljanovic , Han Yan , Erfan Ghaderi , Deukhyoun Heo , Subhanshu Gupta , Danijela Cabric

The surge in mobile broadband data demands is expected to surpass the available spectrum capacity below $6$ GHz. This expectation has prompted the exploration of millimeter wave (mm-wave) frequency bands as a candidate technology for next…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-31 Yahia Shabara , C. Emre Koksal , Eylem Ekici

In this paper, we investigate the problem of beam alignment in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems, and design an optimal algorithm to reduce the overhead. Specifically, due to directional communications, the transmitter and receiver beams…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-12-29 Morteza Hashemi , Ashutosh Sabharwal , C. Emre Koksal , Ness B. Shroff

In millimeter-wave communications (MMWC), in order to compensate for high propagation attenuation, phased arrays are favored to achieve array gain by beamforming, where transmitting and receiving antenna arrays need to be jointly trained to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Zhenyu Xiao , Lin Bai , Jinho Choi

Millimeter-wave supplies an alternative frequency band of wide bandwidth to better realize pillar technologies of enhanced mobile broadband (eMBB) and ultra-reliable and lowlatency communication (uRLLC) for 5G - new radio (5G-NR). When…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-05-05 Saud Aldossari , Kwang-Cheng Chen

The millimeter-wave (mm-wave) bands enable very large antenna arrays that can generate narrow beams for beamforming and spatial multiplexing. However, directionality introduces beam misalignment and leads to reduced energy efficiency. Thus,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-27 Manishika Rawat , Marco Giordani , Brejesh Lall , Abdelaali Chaoub , Michele Zorzi

Transmit beamforming is a versatile technique for signal transmission from an array of $N$ antennas to one or multiple users [1]. In wireless communications, the goal is to increase the signal power at the intended user and reduce…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2014-07-22 Emil Björnson , Mats Bengtsson , Björn Ottersten

Mobile users are prone to experience beam failure due to beam drifting in millimeter wave (mmWave) communications. Sensing can help alleviate beam drifting with timely beam changes and low overhead since it does not need user feedback. This…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-12 Xiyu Wang , Gilberto Berardinelli , Hei Victor Cheng , Petar Popovski , Ramoni Adeogun

Accurate beam alignment is essential for beam-based millimeter wave communications. Conventional beam sweeping solutions often have large overhead, which is unacceptable for mobile applications like vehicle-to-everything. Learning-based…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-30 Vutha Va , Takayuki Shimizu , Gaurav Bansal , Robert W. Heath