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Intelligent surfaces have emerged as a promising solution to enhance coverage and mitigate signal fading in future wireless communication systems, thereby improving bandwidth and data rates. Passive intelligent surfaces, in particular,…

Envisioned for fifth generation (5G) systems, millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications are under very active research worldwide. Although pencil beams with accurate beamtracking may boost the throughput of mmWave systems, this poses great…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-08-29 Rafail Ismayilov , Megumi Kaneko , Takefumi Hiraguri , Kentaro Nishimori

Millimeter wave (mmWave) bands are considered a powerful key enabler for next generation (5G) mobile networks by providing multi-Gbps data rates. However, their severe pathloss and sensitivity to blockage present challenges in practical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-17 Xiaoshen Song , Giuseppe Caire

Intelligent surfaces that reshape electromagnetic waves are regarded as disruptive technologies for wireless networks. However, existing designs sit at two costly extremes: dynamic reconfigurable intelligent surfaces (RISs) offer fine beam…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-24 Ziyuan Zheng , Qingqing Wu , Wen Chen , Weiren Zhu , Ying Gao

Millimeter-wave multi-input multi-output (mm-Wave MIMO) systems are one of the candidate schemes for 5G wireless standardization efforts. In this context, the main contributions of this article are three-fold. 1) We describe parallel sets…

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

Programmable wireless environments (PWEs) utilize electromagnetic metasurfaces to transform wireless propagation into a software-controlled resource. In this work we study the effects of user device mobility on the efficiency of PWEs. An…

Emerging Technologies · Computer Science 2020-03-24 Christos Liaskos , Shuai Nie , Ageliki Tsioliaridou , Andreas Pitsillides , Sotiris Ioannidis , Ian Akyildiz

Millimeter wave (mmW) communications is the key enabler of 5G cellular networks due to vast spectrum availability that could boost peak rate and capacity. Due to increased propagation loss in mmW band, transceivers with massive antenna…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-05-20 Han Yan , Sridhar Ramesh , Timothy Gallagher , Curtis Ling , Danijela Cabric

The millimeter wave (mmWave) band has the potential to provide high throughput among wearable devices. When mmWave wearable networks are used in crowded environments, such as on a bus or train, antenna directivity and orientation hold the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-12-03 Kiran Venugopal , Matthew C. Valenti , Robert W. Heath

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

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

Management of narrow directional beams is critical for mm-wave communication systems. Translational or rotational motion of the user can cause misalignment of transmit and receive beams with the base station losing track of the mobile.…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-06 Santosh Ganji , Tzu-Hsiang Lin , Francisco A. Espinal , P. R. Kumar

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication by utilizing lens antenna arrays is a promising technique for realizing cost-effective 5G wireless systems with large MIMO (multiple-input multiple-output) but only limited radio frequency (RF) chains.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-11-21 Yong Zeng , Lu Yang , Rui Zhang

This study examines analog beamforming designs utilizing multi-panel arrays for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems under stochastic path blockages where each panel is an integrated circuit that includes power amplifiers, a…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-10 Kanta Terui , Kabuto Arai , Koji Ishibashi

The millimeter wave (mmWave) bands are likely to play a significant role in next generation cellular systems due to the possibility of very high throughput thanks to the availability of massive bandwidth and high-dimensional antennas.…

Stacked intelligent metasurfaces (SIMs) have recently emerged as an effective solution for next-generation wireless networks. A SIM comprises multiple metasurface layers that enable signal processing directly in the wave domain. Moreover,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-11 Ahmed Magbool , Vaibhav Kumar , Marco Di Renzo , Mark F. Flanagan

The sixth-generation (6G) wireless networks are expected to deliver ubiquitous connectivity, resilient coverage, and intelligence-driven services in highly dynamic environments. To achieve these goals, distributed wireless architectures…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-10-24 Enyu Shi , Jiayi Zhang , Zhilong Liu , Ziheng Liu , Arumugam Nallanathan , Merouane Debbah , Shi Jin , Bo Ai

Metasurfaces, composed of subwavelength electromagnetic microstructures, known as meta-atoms, are capable of reshaping the wavefronts of incident beams in desired manners, making them great candidates for revolutionizing conventional…

The increasing demand of data, along with the spectrum scarcity, are motivating a urgent shift towards exploiting new bands. This is the main reason behind identifying mmWaves as the key disruptive enabling technology for 5G cellular…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2015-06-30 Marco Mezzavilla , Sourjya Dutta , Menglei Zhang , Mustafa Riza Akdeniz , Sundeep Rangan

Mmwave bands are being widely touted as a very promising option for future 5G networks, especially in enabling such networks to meet highly demanding rate requirements. Accordingly, the usage of these bands is also receiving an increasing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-07-22 Zana Limani Fazliu , Carla Fabiana Chiasserini , Francesco Malandrino , Alessandro Nordio