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Overcoming the link blockage challenges is essential for enhancing the reliability and latency of millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz (sub-THz) communication networks. Previous approaches relied mainly on either (i)…

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This paper provides the first real-world evaluation of using visual (RGB camera) data and machine learning for proactively predicting millimeter wave (mmWave) dynamic link blockages before they happen. Proactively predicting line-of-sight…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-04 Gouranga Charan , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is a key component of 5G and beyond. Harvesting the gains of the large bandwidth and low latency at mmWave systems, however, is challenged by the sensitivity of mmWave signals to blockages; a sudden…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-09 Shunyao Wu , Muhammad Alrabeiah , Andrew Hredzak , Chaitali Chakrabarti , Ahmed Alkhateeb

The sensitivity to blockages is a key challenge for the high-frequency (5G millimeter wave and 6G sub-terahertz) wireless networks. Since these networks mainly rely on line-of-sight (LOS) links, sudden link blockages highly threaten the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-23 Gouranga Charan , Muhammad Alrabeiah , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Line-of-sight link blockages represent a key challenge for the reliability and latency of millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communication networks. To address this challenge, this paper leverages mmWave and LiDAR sensory data to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-11-18 Shunyao Wu , Chaitali Chakrabarti , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Line-of-sight link blockages represent a key challenge for the reliability and latency of millimeter wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communication networks. This paper proposes to leverage LiDAR sensory data to provide awareness about the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-19 Shunyao Wu , Chaitali Chakrabarti , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Leveraging higher frequencies up to THz band paves the way towards a faster network in the next generation of wireless communications. However, such shorter wavelengths are susceptible to higher scattering and path loss forcing the link to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-04 Dileepa Marasinghe , Nandana Rajatheva , Matti Latva-aho

Millimeter wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz communication systems rely mainly on line-of-sight (LOS) links between the transmitters and receivers. The sensitivity of these high-frequency LOS links to blockages, however, challenges the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-30 Umut Demirhan , Ahmed Alkhateeb

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

This paper investigates a novel research direction that leverages vision to help overcome the critical wireless communication challenges. In particular, this paper considers millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems, which are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-11-18 Muhammad Alrabeiah , Andrew Hredzak , Ahmed Alkhateeb

This article articulates the emerging paradigm, sitting at the confluence of computer vision and wireless communication, to enable beyond-5G/6G mission-critical applications (autonomous/remote-controlled vehicles, visuo-haptic VR, and other…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-01-07 Takayuki Nishio , Yusuke Koda , Jihong Park , Mehdi Bennis , Klaus Doppler

Millimeter-wave communication faces two critical challenges: propagation losses requiring costly narrow-beam alignment, and penetration losses causing link failures from blocked line-of-sight paths. We address propagation loss through a…

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The upsurge in wireless devices and real-time service demands force the move to a higher frequency spectrum. Millimetre-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) bands combined with the beamforming technology offer significant performance…

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Terahertz communications are envisioned as a key enabler for 6G networks. The abundant spectrum available in such ultra high frequencies has the potential to increase network capacity to huge data rates. However, they are extremely affected…

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As wireless communication technology progresses towards the sixth generation (6G), high-frequency millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication has emerged as a promising candidate for enabling vehicular networks. It offers high data rates and…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Ghazi Gharsallah , Georges Kaddoum

In mmWave wireless networks, signal blockages present a significant challenge due to the susceptibility to environmental moving obstructions. Recently, the availability of visual data has been leveraged to enhance blockage prediction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-22 Mohammad Ghassemi , Han Zhang , Ali Afana , Akram Bin Sediq , Melike Erol-Kantarci

In this paper, we consider millimeter Wave (mmWave) technology to provide reliable wireless network service within factories where links may experience rapid and temporary fluctuations of the received signal power due to dynamic blockers,…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Andrea Bonfante , Lorenzo Galati Giordano , Irene Macaluso , Nicola Marchetti

The full future of the sixth generation will develop a fully data-driven that provide terabit rate per second, and adopt an average of 1000+ massive number of connections per person in 10 years 2030 virtually instantaneously. Data-driven…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-08-24 Adeeb Salh , Lukman Audah , Qazwan Abdullah , Abdullah Noorsaliza , Nor Shahida Mohd Shah , Jameel Mukred , Shipun Hamzah

Wireless applications that use high-reliability low-latency links depend critically on the capability of the system to predict link quality. This dependence is especially acute at the high carrier frequencies used by mmWave and THz systems,…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-06 Anders E. Kalør , Osvaldo Simeone , Petar Popovski

The sensitivity of millimeter wave (mmWave) signals to blockages is a fundamental challenge for mobile mmWave communication systems. The sudden blockage of the line-of-sight (LOS) link between the base station and the mobile user normally…

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