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Millimeter-wave (mmWave) spectrum is expected to support data-intensive applications that require ultra-reliable low-latency communications (URLLC). However, mmWave links are highly sensitive to blockage, which may lead to disruptions in…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-02-13 Mine Gokce Dogan , Jaimin Shah , Martina Cardone , Christina Fragouli , Wei Mao , Hosein Nikopour , Rath Vannithamby

Due to significant blockage conditions in wireless networks, transmitted signals may considerably degrade before reaching the receiver. The reliability of the transmitted signals, therefore, may be critically problematic due to blockages…

Image and Video Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-23 Shakil Ahmed , Ibrahim Abdelmawla , Ahmed E. Kamal , Mohamed Y. Selim

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems can provide high data rates but the system performance may degrade significantly due to mobile blockers and the user's own body. A high frequency of interruptions and long duration of blockage…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-06 Ish Kumar Jain , Rajeev Kumar , Shivendra Panwar

This paper presents the first large-scale real-world evaluation for using LiDAR data to guide the mmWave beam prediction task. A machine learning (ML) model that leverages the LiDAR sensory data to predict the current and future beams was…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-11 Shuaifeng Jiang , Gouranga Charan , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communications are vulnerable to blockages and node mobility due to the highly directional signal beams. The emerging Reconfigurable Intelligent Surfaces (RISs) technique can effectively mitigate the blockage…

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A significant portion of the 5th generation of wireless networks will operate in the mm-wave bands. One of the several challenges associated with mm-wave propagation is to overcome shadowing due to signal blockage caused by environmental…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Swapnil Mhaske , Predrag Spasojevic , Ahsan Aziz

Benefiting from huge bandwidth resources, millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications provide one of the most promising technologies for next-generation wireless networks. To compensate for the high pathloss of mmWave signals, large-scale…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2021-12-14 Ke Ma , Zhaocheng Wang , Wenqiang Tian , Sheng Chen , Lajos Hanzo

Huge overhead of beam training poses a significant challenge to mmWave communications. To address this issue, beam tracking has been widely investigated whereas existing methods are hard to handle serious multipath interference and…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-09 Ke Ma , Dongxuan He , Hancun Sun , Zhaocheng Wang

Joint Communication and Sensing (JCAS) is envisioned for 6G cellular networks, where sensing the operation environment, especially in presence of humans, is as important as the high-speed wireless connectivity. Sensing, and subsequently…

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Millimeter-wave (mmWave) and terahertz (THz) communications require beamforming to acquire adequate receive signal-to-noise ratio (SNR). To find the optimal beam, current beam management solutions perform beam training over a large number…

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Existing solutions to network scheduling typically assume that the instantaneous link rates are completely known before a scheduling decision is made or consider a bandit setting where the accurate link quality is discovered only after it…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-01-13 Tianyi Xu , Ding Zhang , Zizhan Zheng

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

The surge in mobile broadband data demands is expected to surpass the available spectrum capacity below $6$ GHz. This expectation has prompted the exploration of millimeter wave (mm-wave) frequency bands as a candidate technology for next…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-05-31 Yahia Shabara , C. Emre Koksal , Eylem Ekici

Huge overhead of beam training imposes a significant challenge in millimeter-wave (mmWave) wireless communications. To address this issue, in this paper, we propose a wide beam based training approach to calibrate the narrow beam direction…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-07-21 Ke Ma , Dongxuan He , Hancun Sun , Zhaocheng Wang , Sheng Chen

In this paper, a cooperative passive sensing framework for millimeter wave (mmWave) communication systems is proposed and demonstrated in a scenario with one mobile signal blocker. Specifically, in the uplink communication with at least two…

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Beam training and prediction in millimeter-wave communications are highly challenging due to fast time-varying channels and sensitivity to blockages and mobility. In this context, infrastructure-mounted cameras can capture rich…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-29 Mengyuan Ma , Nhan Thanh Nguyen , Nir Shlezinger , Yonina C. Eldar , Markku Juntti

5G millimeter wave (mmWave) technology is envisioned to be an integral part of next-generation vehicle-to-everything (V2X) networks and autonomous vehicles due to its broad bandwidth, wide field of view sensing, and precise localization…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2018-08-06 Chethan Kumar Anjinappa , Ismail Guvenc

In this paper, we develop a deep learning (DL)-guided hybrid beam and power allocation approach for multiuser millimeter-wave (mmWave) networks, which facilitates swift beamforming at the base station (BS). The following persisting…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-24 Yuwen Cao , Tomoaki Ohtsuki , Setareh Maghsudi , Tony Q. S. Quek

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication systems rely on narrow beams for achieving sufficient receive signal power. Adjusting these beams is typically associated with large training overhead, which becomes particularly critical for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-09 João Morais , Arash Behboodi , Hamed Pezeshki , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication enables high data rates for cellular-connected Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs). However, a robust beam management remains challenging due to significant path loss and the dynamic mobility of UAVs,…

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