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Millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communication systems require large antenna arrays and use narrow directive beams to ensure sufficient receive signal power. However, selecting the optimal beams for these large antenna arrays…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-23 Shoaib Imran , Gouranga Charan , Ahmed Alkhateeb

In traditional multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication systems, the antenna spacing is often no smaller than half a wavelength. However, by exploiting the coupling between more closely-spaced antennas, a superdirective array may…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-28 Yali Zhang , Haifan Yin , Liangcheng Han

Millimeter-wave massive MIMO with lens antenna array can considerably reduce the number of required radio-frequency (RF) chains by beam selection. However, beam selection requires the base station to acquire the accurate information of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-08-28 Xinyu Gao , Linglong Dai , Shuangfeng Han , Chih-Lin I , Xiaodong Wang

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is one feasible solution for high data-rate applications like vehicular-to-everything communication and next generation cellular communication. Configuring mmWave links, which can be done through…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-03-01 Anum Ali , Nuria González-Prelcic , Robert W. Heath

The millimeter wave is a promising technique for the next generation of mobile communication. The large antenna array is able to provide sufficient precoding gain to overcome the high pathloss at millimeter wave band. However, the accurate…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-31 Wei Zhang , Shu-Hung Leung , Taejoon Kim

Fifth generation (5G) wireless networks are expected to utilize wide bandwidths available at millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies for enhancing system throughput. However, the unfavorable channel conditions of mmWave links, e.g., higher…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-02-06 Jiho Song , Junil Choi , David J. Love

Maintaining reliable millimeter wave (mmWave) connections to many fast-moving mobiles is a key challenge in the theory and practice of 5G systems. In this paper, we develop a new algorithm that can jointly track the beam direction and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-14 Jiahui Li , Yin Sun , Limin Xiao , Shidong Zhou , Ashutosh Sabharwal

This paper proposes a deep learning-based beamforming design framework that directly maps a target beam pattern to optimal beamforming vectors across multiple antenna array architectures, including digital, analog, and hybrid beamforming.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Hongpu Zhang , Shu Sun , Hangsong Yan , Jianhua Mo

In the rapidly advancing landscape of 6G, characterized by ultra-high-speed wideband transmission in millimeter-wave and terahertz bands, our paper addresses the pivotal task of enhancing physical layer security (PLS) within near-field…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-23 Yuchen Zhang , Haiyang Zhang , Sa Xiao , Wanbin Tang , Yonina C. Eldar

Analog beamforming is a low-cost architecture for millimeter-wave (mmWave) mobile communications. However, it has two disadvantages for serving fast mobility users: (i) the mmWave beam in the wireless channel and the beam steered by analog…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-01-04 Yu Liu , Jiahui Li , Yin Sun , Shidong Zhou

Beamforming in millimeter-wave (mmWave) high-mobility environments typically incurs substantial training overhead. While prior studies suggest that sub-6 GHz channels can be exploited to predict optimal mmWave beams, existing methods depend…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-22 Sina Tavakolian , Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Ahmed Alkhateeb , Markku Juntti

Directional beamforming is a crucial component for realizing robust wireless communication systems using millimeter wave (mmWave) technology. Beam alignment using brute-force search of the space introduces time overhead while location aided…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-23 Vishnu Raj , Nancy Nayak , Sheetal Kalyani

Availability of abundant spectrum has enabled millimeter wave (mm-wave) as a prominent candidate solution for the next generation cellular networks. Highly directional transmissions are essential for exploitation of mm-wave bands to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-26 Yilin Li , Jian Luo , Mario Castaneda , Richard Stirling-Gallacher , Wen Xu , Giuseppe Caire

Recently, there has been considerable interest in new tiered network cellular architectures, which would likely use many more cell sites than found today. Two major challenges will be i) providing backhaul to all of these cells and ii)…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-15 Sooyoung Hur , Taejoon Kim , David J. Love , James V. Krogmeier , Timothy A. Thomas , Amitava Ghosh

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications can potentially meet the high data-rate requirements of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) networks. However, as the prerequisite of mmWave communications, the narrow directional beam tracking is very…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-09 Jinglin Zhang , Wenjun Xu , Hui Gao , Miao Pan , Zhu Han , Ping Zhang

Hybrid beamforming via large antenna arrays has shown a great potential for increasing data rate in cellular networks by delivering multiple data streams simultaneously. In this paper, several beamforming design algorithms are proposed…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-06 Shahram Shahsavari , S. Amir Hosseini , Chris Ng , Elza Erkip

Highly directional millimeter wave (mmWave) radios need to perform beam management to establish and maintain reliable links. To do so, existing solutions mostly rely on explicit coordination between the transmitter (TX) and the receiver…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-06-09 Michele Polese , Francesco Restuccia , Tommaso Melodia

Beamforming is a key technology in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications that improves signal transmission by optimizing directionality and intensity. However, conventional channel estimation methods, such as pilot signals or beam…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Yu Min Park , Yan Kyaw Tun , Eui-Nam Huh , Walid Saad , Choong Seon Hong

This paper investigates the impact of array switching patterns on the accuracy of parameter estimation of multipath components for a time division multiplexed (TDM) channel sounder. To measure fast time-varying channels, the conventional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-05-18 Rui Wang , Olivier Renaudin , C. Umit Bas , Seun Sangodoyin , Andreas F. Molisch

The mmWave communication system is operating at a regime with high number of antennas and very limited number of RF analog chains. Large number of antennas are used to extend the communication range for recovering the high path loss while…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-03-19 Y. Ming Tsang , Ada S. Y. Poon , Sateesh Addepalli