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We address the fundamental question of how to optimally probe a scene with electromagnetic (EM) radiation to yield a maximum amount of information relevant to a particular task. Machine learning (ML) techniques have emerged as powerful…

The conventional beam management procedure mandates that the user equipment (UE) periodically measure the received signal reference power (RSRP) and transmit these measurements to the base station (BS). The challenge lies in balancing the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-10-31 Junshuo Liu , Rujing Xiong , Jialong Lu , Tiebin Mi , Robert C. Qiu

As millimeter-wave (mmWave) MIMO systems adopt larger antenna arrays, near-field propagation becomes increasingly prominent, especially for users close to the transmitter. Traditional far-field beam training methods become inadequate, while…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2026-02-03 Weicao Deng , Binpu Shi , Min Li , Osvaldo Simeone

In this paper, we develop an efficient training beam sequence design approach for millimeter wave MISO tracking systems. We impose a discrete state Markov process assumption on the evolution of the angle of departure and introduce the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-19 Deyou Zhang , Ming Xiao , Mikael Skoglund

Communication in Millimeter wave (mmWave) band relies on narrow beams due to directionality, high path loss, and shadowing. One can use beam alignment (BA) techniques to find and adjust the direction of these narrow beams. In this paper, BA…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-01-19 Abbas Khalili , Shahram Shahsavari , Mohammad A. Amir Khojastepour , Elza Erkip

Hierarchical search in millimeter-wave (mmWave) communications incurs significant beam training overhead and delay, especially in a dynamic environment. Deep learning-enabled beam prediction is promising to significantly mitigate the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Tianheng Lu , Fan Meng , Zhilei Zhang , Yongming Huang , Cheng Zhang , Xiaoyu Bai

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

To establish reliable and long-range millimeter-wave (mmWave) communication, beamforming is deemed to be a promising solution. Although beamforming can be done in the digital and analog domains, both approaches are hindered by several…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-01-01 ohaned Chraiti , Dmitry Chizhik , Jinfeng Du , Reinaldo A. Valenzuela , Ali Ghrayeb , Chadi Assi

This paper studies initial beam acquisition in a millimeter wave network consisting of multiple access points (APs) and mobile devices. A training protocol for joint estimation of transmit and receive beams is presented with a general frame…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-10-14 Hao Zhou , Dongning Guo , Michael L. Honig

Extremely large-scale massive multiple-input-multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is regarded as a promising technology for next-generation communication systems. In order to enhance the beamforming gains, codebook-based beam training is widely…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-29 Wang Liu , Hong Ren , Cunhua Pan , Jiangzhou Wang

Millimeter wave (mmWave) massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) communication system is expected to achieve enormous transmission rate, provided that the transmit and receive beams are properly aligned with the MIMO channel. However,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-02-22 Di Wu , Yong Zeng , Shi jin , Rui Zhang

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

Codebook-based beam selection is one approach for configuring millimeter wave communication links. The overhead required to reconfigure the transmit and receive beam pair, though, increases in highly dynamic vehicular communication systems.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-18 Ibrahim Kilinc , Ryan M. Dreifuerst , Junghoon Kim , Robert W. Heath

Next generation communication systems require accurate beam alignment to counteract the impairments that characterize propagation in high-frequency bands. The overhead of the pilot sequences required to select the best beam pair is…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-27 Tien Ngoc Ha , Daniel Romero , Roberto López-Valcarce

Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication represents one of the main innovations of the next generation of wireless technologies, allowing users to reach unprecedented data rates. To overcome the high path loss at mmWave frequencies, these…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-12 Mattia Lecci , Tommaso Zugno , Silvia Zampato , Michele Zorzi

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

Millimeter Waves (mmWave) systems have the potential of enabling multi-gigabit-per-second communications in future Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITSs). Unfortunately, because of the increased vehicular mobility, they require frequent…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Ioannis Mavromatis , Andrea Tassi , Robert J. Piechocki , Andrew Nix

We present a tracking algorithm to maintain the communication link between a base station (BS) and a mobile station (MS) in a millimeter wave (mmWave) communication system, where antenna arrays are used for beamforming in both the BS and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2016-12-19 Kang Gao , Mingming Cai , Ding Nie , Bertrand Hochwald , J. Nicholas Laneman , Huang Huang , Kunpeng Liu

Agile beam management is key for providing seamless millimeter wave (mm-wave) connectivity given the site-specific spatio-temporal variations of the mm-wave channel. Leveraging non radio frequency (RF) sensor inputs for environment…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-05-03 Aleksandar Ichkov , Aron Schott , Niklas Beckmann , Ljiljana Simić

This paper presents an inertial sensor aided technique for beam alignment and tracking in massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) vehicle-to-vehicle (V2V) communications based on millimeter waves (mmWave). Since directional…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-07-18 Mattia Brambilla , Monica Nicoli , Sergio Savaresi , Umberto Spagnolini