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Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication is considered as a key enabler of ultra-high data rates in the future cellular and wireless networks. The need for directional communication between base stations (BSs) and users in mmWave systems,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-04 Sara Khosravi , Hossein S. Ghadikolaei , Marina Petrova

We present an enhancement to the problem of beam alignment in millimeter wave (mmWave) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, based on a modification of the machine learning-based criterion, called Kolmogorov model (KM), previously…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-29 Qiyou Duan , Taejoon Kim , Hadi Ghauch

Cell discovery is the procedure in which a user equipment (UE) finds a suitable base station (BS) to establish a communication link. When beamforming with antenna arrays is done at both transmitter and receiver, cell discovery in mm wave…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-01 Rashmi P , Manoj A , Arun Pachai Kannu

Using out-of-band (OOB) side-information has recently been shown to accelerate beam selection in single-user millimeter wave (mmWave) massive MIMO communications. In this paper, we propose a novel OOB-aided beam selection framework for a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-04-01 Flavio Maschietti , David Gesbert , Paul de Kerret

Millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) drones have the potential to enable several futuristic applications such as coverage extension, enhanced security monitoring, and disaster management. However, these drones need to deploy large…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-15 Gouranga Charan , Andrew Hredzak , Ahmed Alkhateeb

In line with the AI-native 6G vision, explainability and robustness are crucial for building trust and ensuring reliable performance in millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems. Efficient beam alignment is essential for initial access, but deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-22 Nasir Khan , Asmaa Abdallah , Abdulkadir Celik , Ahmed M. Eltawil , Sinem Coleri

Beam management is a challenging task for millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz communication systems, especially in scenarios with highly-mobile users. Leveraging external sensing modalities such as vision, LiDAR, radar, position, or…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-14 Gouranga Charan , Umut Demirhan , João Morais , Arash Behboodi , Hamed Pezeshki , Ahmed Alkhateeb

In pursuance of the unused spectrum in higher frequencies, millimeter wave (mmWave) bands have a pivotal role. However, the high path-loss and poor scattering associated with mmWave communications highlight the necessity of employing…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-09 Nariman Torkzaban , Mohamamd A. , Khojastepour , John S. Baras

Millimeter wave (mmWave) has great potential in realizing high data rate thanks to the large spectral channels. It is considered as a key technology for the fifth generation wireless networks and is already used in wireless LAN (e.g., IEEE…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-11-11 Vutha Va , Junil Choi , Robert W. Heath

For future networks (i.e., the fifth generation (5G) wireless networks and beyond), millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication with large available unlicensed spectrum is a promising technology that enables gigabit multimedia applications.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-10-03 Qing Xue , Xuming Fang , Cheng-Xiang Wang

In this paper, we develop an analytical framework for the initial access (a.k.a. Base Station (BS) discovery) in a millimeter-wave (mm-wave) communication system and propose an effective strategy for transmitting the Reference Signals (RSs)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-09-09 Chunshan Liu , Min Li , Iain B. Collings , Stephen V. Hanly , Philip Whiting

The sparsity and the severe attenuation of millimeter-wave (mmWave) channel imply that highly directional communication is needed. The narrow beam produced by large array requires accurate alignment, which is difficult to achieve when…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-12-03 Yu Liu , Jiahui Li , Xiujun Zhang , Shidong Zhou

A reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) consists of massive meta elements, which results in a reflection path between a base station (BS) and user equipment (UE). In wireless localization, this reflection path aids in positioning…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-02 Wei Zhang , Wee Peng Tay

This paper proposes a vision-conditioned flow matching (FM) framework for beam prediction in millimeter-wave vehicle-to-infrastructure links. Instead of modeling discrete beam-index sequences, the proposed method learns the temporal…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Can Zheng , Jiguang He , Chung G. Kang , Guofa Cai , Chongwen Huang , Henk Wymeersch

Predicting the millimeter wave (mmWave) beams and blockages using sub-6GHz channels has the potential of enabling mobility and reliability in scalable mmWave systems. These gains attracted increasing interest in the last few years. Prior…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-05 Muhammad Alrabeiah , Ahmed Alkhateeb

We propose a novel user equipment (UE) scheduling framework for millimeter-wave (mmWave) massive multiuser (MU) multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) wireless systems. Our framework determines (sub)sets of UEs that should transmit…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-06-24 Victoria Palhares , Christoph Studer

Beamforming techniques are considered as essential parts to compensate severe path losses in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. In particular, these techniques adopt large antenna arrays and formulate narrow beams to obtain…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Muhammad Baqer Mollah , Honggang Wang , Mohammad Ataul Karim , Hua Fang

Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with flexible deployment contribute to enlarging the distance of information transmission to mobile users (MUs) in constrained environment. However, due to the high mobility of both UAVs and MUs, it is…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Jing Zhang , Sheng Gao , Xin Feng , Hongwei Yang , Geng Sun

Traditional beam tracking methods have severe performance loss under the high mobility and narrow beam scenario. To alleviate the tracking performance degradation, we propose an adaptive beamwidth control for millimeter wave (mmWave) beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-23 Hyeonjin Chung , Sunwoo Kim

With vast mmWave spectrum and narrow beam antenna technology, precise position location is now possible in 5G and future mobile communication systems. In this article, we describe how centimeterlevel localization accuracy can be achieved,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Ojas Kanhere , Theodore S. Rappaport