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Machine-learning-based prediction of future wireless link quality is an emerging technique that can potentially improve the reliability of wireless communications, especially at higher frequencies (e.g., millimeter-wave and terahertz…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-02-11 Sohei Itahara , Takayuki Nishio , Masahiro Morikura , Koji Yamamoto

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

Millimeter wave communications are essential for modern wireless networks. It supports high data rates but suffers from severe path loss, which requires precise beam alignment to maintain reliable links. This beam management is particularly…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-11-05 Ailton Oliveira , Amir Khatibi , Daniel Suzuki , Ilan Correa , José Rezende , Aldebaro Klautau

The millimeter wave (mmWave) bands have attracted considerable attention for high precision localization applications due to the ability to capture high angular and temporal resolution measurements. This paper explores mmWave-based…

Human blockage is one of the main challenges for mmWave communication networks in dynamic environments. The shadowing by a human body results in significant received power degradation and could occur abruptly and frequently. A shadowing…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-16 Rizqi Hersyandika , Yang Miao , Sofie Pollin

This study demonstrates the feasibility of point cloud-based proactive link quality prediction for millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications. Previous studies have proposed machine learning-based methods to predict received signal strength…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Shoki Ohta , Takayuki Nishio , Riichi Kudo , Kahoko Takahashi , Hisashi Nagata

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication opens up tens of giga-hertz (GHz) spectrum in the mmWave band for use by next-generation wireless systems, thereby solving the problem of spectrum scarcity. Maintaining connectivity stands out to be a…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-02-27 Kaifeng Han , Kaibin Huang , Ying Cui , Yueping Wu

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…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-03-31 Mohammad Al-Quraan , Ahsan Khan , Lina Mohjazi , Anthony Centeno , Ahmed Zoha , Muhammad Ali Imran

The freshness of information, measured as Age of Information (AoI), is critical for many applications in next-generation wireless sensor networks (WSNs). Due to its high bandwidth, millimeter wave (mmWave) communication is seen to be…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-03 Yifei Sun , Bojie Lv , Rui Wang , Haisheng Tan , Francis C. M. Lau

With the overcrowded sub-6 GHz bands, millimeter wave (mmWave) bands offer a promising alternative for the next generation wireless standard, i.e., 5G. However, the susceptibility of mmWave signals to severe pathloss and shadowing requires…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-10-13 Solmaz Niknam , Balasubramaniam Natarajan , Reza Barazideh

The performance of millimeter-wave (mmWave) and sub-terahertz (sub-THz) communication systems is significantly impaired by sensitivity to sudden blockages. In this work, we employ machine learning (ML) and our physics-based simulation tool…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-03 Roghieh Mahdavihaji , Alexandra Duel-Hallen , Hans Hallen

This study demonstrates the feasibility of the proactive received power prediction by leveraging spatiotemporal visual sensing information toward the reliable millimeter-wave (mmWave) networks. Since the received power on a mmWave link can…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2020-01-09 Takayuki Nishio , Hironao Okamoto , Kota Nakashima , Yusuke Koda , Koji Yamamoto , Masahiro Morikura , Yusuke Asai , Ryo Miyatake

Millimeter-wave systems are characterized by the use of highly directional antennas and the presence of blockages, which significantly alter the path-loss and small-scale fading parameters. The received power of each interferer depends on…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-09-05 Enass Hriba , Matthew C. Valenti , Kiran Venugopal , Robert W. Heath,

In this paper, we propose an environment semantics aided wireless communication framework to reduce the transmission latency and improve the transmission reliability, where semantic information is extracted from environment image data,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-01-18 Yuwen Yang , Feifei Gao , Xiaoming Tao , Guangyi Liu , Chengkang Pan

There has been a growing interest in the commercialization of millimeter wave (mmW) technology as a part of the Fifth-Generation New Radio (5G-NR) wireless standardization efforts. In this direction, many sets of independent measurement…

The use of extremely high frequency (EHF) or millimeter-wave (mmWave) band has attracted significant attention for the next generation wireless access networks. As demonstrated by recent measurements, mmWave frequencies render themselves…

Supporting high mobility in millimeter wave (mmWave) systems enables a wide range of important applications such as vehicular communications and wireless virtual/augmented reality. Realizing this in practice, though, requires overcoming…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-02-25 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Sam Alex , Paul Varkey , Ying Li , Qi Qu , Djordje Tujkovic

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-05-07 Sachira Karunasena , Erfan Khordad , Tom Drummond , Rajitha Senanayake

Stringent line-of-sight demands necessitated by the fast attenuating nature of millimeter waves (mmWaves) through obstacles pose one of the central problems of next generation wireless networks. These mmWave links are easily disrupted due…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-13 Rathindra Nath Dutta , Subhojit Sarkar , Sasthi C. Ghosh

The millimeter wave (mmWave) frequencies offer the potential for enormous capacity wireless links. However, designing robust communication systems at these frequencies requires that we understand the channel dynamics over both time and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2017-12-18 Christopher Slezak , Aditya Dhananjay , Sundeep Rangan