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Hybrid received signal strength (RSS)-angle of arrival (AoA)-based positioning offers low-cost distance estimation and high-resolution angular measurements. Still, it comes at a cost of inherent nonlinearities, geometry-dependent noise, and…

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4D millimeter-wave (mmWave) radars are sensors that provide robustness against adverse weather conditions (rain, snow, fog, etc.), and as such they are increasingly used for odometry and SLAM (Simultaneous Location and Mapping). However,…

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This paper investigates a design framework for sparse fluid antenna systems (FAS) enabling high-performance direction-of-arrival (DOA) estimation, particularly in challenging millimeter-wave (mmWave) environments. By ingeniously harnessing…

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We propose super-resolution MIMO channel estimators for millimeter-wave (mmWave) systems that employ hybrid analog and digital beamforming and generalized spatial modulation, respectively. Exploiting the inherent sparsity of mmWave…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2018-01-24 Hongyun Chu , Le Zheng , Xiaodong Wang

Herein, an atomic norm based method for accurately estimating the location and orientation of a target from millimeter-wave multi-input-multi-output (MIMO) orthogonal frequency-division multiplexing (OFDM) signals is presented. A novel…

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Full 3D inversion of time-domain Airborne ElectroMagnetic (AEM) data requires specialists' expertise and a tremendous amount of computational resources, not readily available to everyone. Consequently, quasi-2D/3D inversion methods are…

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Millimeter wave (mmWave) communication with large array gains is a key ingredient of next generation (5G) wireless networks. Effective communication in mmWaves usually depends on the knowledge of the channel. We refer to the problem of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Xiaoshen Song , Saeid Haghighatshoar , Giuseppe Caire

We investigate localization of a source based on angle of arrival (AoA) measurements made at a geographically dispersed network of cooperating receivers. The goal is to efficiently compute accurate estimates despite outliers in the AoA…

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We present two reduced-rank channel estimators for large-scale multiple-input, multiple-output (MIMO) systems and analyze their mean square error (MSE) performance. Taking advantage of the channel's transform domain sparseness, the…

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Beamforming is a fundamental technology that not only enhances communication efficiency but also lays the foundation for massive multiple-input multiple-output~(MIMO) systems. However, its reliance on accurate channel state information…

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The quasi-optical propagation of millimeter-wave signals enables high-accuracy localization algorithms that employ geometric approaches or machine learning models. However, most algorithms require information on the indoor environment, may…

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The millimeter-wave (mmWave) full-dimensional (FD) MIMO system employs planar arrays at both the base station and user equipment and can simultaneously support both azimuth and elevation beamforming. In this paper, we propose…

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Orbital angular momentum (OAM) at radio frequency (RF) provides a novel approach of multiplexing a set of orthogonal modes on the same frequency channel to achieve high spectrum efficiencies. However, there are still big challenges in the…

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We develop a method to jointly estimate the carrier frequency offset (CFO) and the narrowband channel in millimeter wave (mmWave) MIMO systems operating with one-bit analog-to-digital converters (ADCs). We assume perfect timing…

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Millimeter wave (mmWave) cellular systems will enable gigabit-per-second data rates thanks to the large bandwidth available at mmWave frequencies. To realize sufficient link margin, mmWave systems will employ directional beamforming with…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-06-18 Ahmed Alkhateeb , Omar El Ayach , Geert Leus , Robert W. Heath

The problem of beam alignment (BA) in a cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (CF-mMIMO) system operating at millimeter wave (mmWaves) carrier frequencies is considered in this paper. Two estimation algorithms are proposed, in…

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3GPP air interface standards support meter-level position location of a user in a cellular network. With wider bandwidths and narrow antenna beamwidths available at mmWave frequencies, cellular networks now have the potential to provide…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-09-23 Ojas Kanhere , Theodore S. Rappaport

Accurate channel parameter estimation is challenging for wideband millimeter-wave (mmWave) large-scale hybrid arrays, due to beam squint and much fewer radio frequency (RF) chains than antennas. This paper presents a novel joint delay and…

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