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Hybrid multiple-antenna transceivers, which combine large-dimensional analog pre/postprocessing with lower-dimensional digital processing, are the most promising approach for reducing the hardware cost and training overhead in massive MIMO…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-02 Andreas F. Molisch , Vishnu V. Ratnam , Shengqian Han , Zheda Li , Sinh Le Hong Nguyen , Linsheng Li , Katsuyuki Haneda

Network-assisted full-duplex (NAFD) distributed massive multiple input multiple output (M-MIMO) enables the in-band full-duplex with existing half-duplex devices at the network level, which exceptionally improves spectral efficiency. This…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-06-21 Xiangning Song , Zhenhao Ji , Jiamin Li , Pengcheng Zhu , Dongming Wang , Xiaohu You

In this article we compare the performance of two typical hyrbid beamforming structures for multiuser massive MIMO systems, i.e., the full- and partial-connection structures. Under the assumption of small angular spread for mmWave channels,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-19 Zheda Li , Shengqian Han , Andreas F. Molisch

Hybrid beamforming for extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) systems is challenging in the near field because the channel depends jointly on angle and distance, and the multiuser interference (MUI) is strong.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-13 Xinyang Li , Songjie Yang , Boyu Ning , Zongmiao He , Xiang Ling , Chau Yuen

The problem of radio resource allocation for global energy efficiency (GEE) maximization in mmWaves large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems using hybrid-beamforming with spatial modulation is addressed. The theoretical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-14 Merve Yüzgeçcioğlu , Alessio Zappone , Eduard Jorswieck

We present a beamforming algorithm for multiuser wideband millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems where one access point uses hybrid analog/digital beamforming while multiple user stations have phased-arrays with a single RF chain.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-13 Carlos A. Viteri-Mera , Fernando L. Teixeira

Analog beamforming is an attractive and cost-effective solution to exploit the benefits of massive multiple-input-multiple-output systems, by requiring only one up/down-conversion chain. However, the presence of only one chain imposes a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-01-15 Vishnu V. Ratnam , Andreas F. Molisch

It is well known that there is inherent radiation pattern distortion for the commercial base station antenna array, which usually needs three antenna sectors to cover the whole space. To eliminate pattern distortion and further enhance…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-10-24 Ran Ji , Chongwen Huang , Xiaoming Chen , Wei E. I. Sha , Linglong Dai , Jiguang He , Zhaoyang Zhang , Chau Yuen , Mérouane Debbah

Beamforming with a sufficient number of antennas is one of the most significant technologies for both Multi-user (MU) Multiple-input Multiple-output (MIMO) communication and MIMO radar sensing in Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC)…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-17 Jiangong Chen , Xia Lei , Yuchen Zhang , Kaitao Meng , Christos Masouros

This paper studies hybrid beamforming for active sensing applications, such as millimeter-wave or ultrasound imaging. Hybrid beamforming can substantially lower the cost and power consumption of fully digital sensor arrays by reducing the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-12-30 Robin Rajamäki , Sundeep Prabhakar Chepuri , Visa Koivunen

This paper analyzes the performance of multicell massive multiple-input and multiple-output (MIMO) systems with variable-resolution analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). In such an architecture, each ADC uses arbitrary quantization…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Youzhi Xiong , Sanshan Sun , Ning Wei , Li Liu , Zhongpei Zhang

We investigate the multiuser scheduling problem in multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems using orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) and hybrid beamforming in which a base station (BS) communicates with multiple users…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-07-15 Pouya Agheli , Tugce Kobal , François Durand , Matthew Andrews

Communication at millimeter wave (mmWave) bands is expected to become a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective mmWave communications require fast and reliable methods for beamforming at both the User Equipment…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-06-19 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

High-frequency bands such as millimeter-wave and terahertz require narrow beams due to path loss and shadowing. Beam alignment (BA) methods allow the transceivers to adjust the directions of these beams efficiently by exploiting the channel…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-05-17 Ozlem Yildiz , Abbas Khalili , Elza Erkip

The combination of millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems and index modulation (IM) technique has recently constituted a novel form of mmWave hybrid beamforming. Lots of studies have been conducted to show…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-08 Jintao Wang , Longzhuang He , Jian Song

Full Duplex (FD) communication can revolutionize wireless communications as it avoids using independent channels for bi-directional communications. This work generalizes the point-to-point FD communication in millimeter wave (mmWave) band…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Chandan Kumar Sheemar , Dirk Slock

Multi-antenna technologies such as massive Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (massive MIMO) and beamforming are key features to enhance performance, in terms of capacity and coverage, by using a large number of antennas intelligently. With the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-02-12 Jalal Rachad , Ridha Nasri , Laurent Decreusefond

Semiconductor optical amplifiers (SOA) are a fundamental building block for many photonic systems. However, their power inefficiency has been setting back operational cost reduction, and the resulting thermal losses constrain…

Cloud RAN (C-RAN) is a promising enabler for distributed massive MIMO systems, yet is vulnerable to its fronthaul congestion. To cope with the limited fronthaul capacity, this paper proposes a hybrid analog-digital precoding design that…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Jihong Park , Dong Min Kim , Elisabeth De Carvalho , Carles Navarro Manchón

Conventional digital beamforming for wideband multiuser orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) demands numerous power-hungry components, increasing hardware costs and complexity. By contrast, the stacked intelligent metasurfaces…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-11 Zheao Li , Jiancheng An , Chau Yuen