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We introduce a novel physical layer scheme for single user Multiple-Input Multiple-Output (MIMO) communications based on unsupervised deep learning using an autoencoder. This method extends prior work on the joint optimization of physical…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-07-26 Timothy J. O'Shea , Tugba Erpek , T. Charles Clancy

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

Employing large antenna arrays and utilizing large bandwidth have the potential of bringing very high data rates to future wireless communication systems. However, this brings the system into the near-field regime and also makes the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2023-01-03 Yu Zhang , Ahmed Alkhateeb

Ultra-massive multiple-input multiple-output (UM-MIMO) is the enabler of Terahertz (THz) communications in next-generation wireless networks. In THz UM-MIMO systems, a new paradigm of cross-field communications spanning from near-field to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-15 Yuhang Chen , Chong Han , Emil Björnson

This letter studies deep learning (DL) approaches to optimize beamforming vectors in downlink multi-user multi-antenna systems that can be universally applied to arbitrarily given transmit power limitation at a base station. We exploit the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-07-10 Junbeom Kim , Hoon Lee , Seung-Eun Hong , Seok-Hwan Park

The challenging propagation environment, combined with the hardware limitations of mmWave systems, gives rise to the need for accurate initial access beam alignment strategies with low latency and high achievable beamforming gain. Much of…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-01-25 Daniel Tandler , Marc Gauger , Ahmet Serdar Tan , Sebastian Dörner , Stephan ten Brink

This paper proposes a deep learning-based beamforming design framework that directly maps a target beam pattern to optimal beamforming vectors across multiple antenna array architectures, including digital, analog, and hybrid beamforming.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-14 Hongpu Zhang , Shu Sun , Hangsong Yan , Jianhua Mo

In cell-free massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems, the beamforming strategies at the base stations (BSs) and user equipments (UEs) can be computed building on bi-directional training. However, the precoding/decoding…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-10-13 Bikshapathi Gouda , Italo Atzeni , Antti Tölli

In this paper, multiuser beam training based on hierarchical codebook for millimeter wave massive multi-input multi-output is investigated, where the base station (BS) simultaneously performs beam training with multiple user equipments…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Chenhao Qi , Kangjian Chen , Octavia A. Dobre , Geoffrey Ye Li

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

In this paper, we propose a super-resolution wideband beam training method for near-field communications, which is able to achieve ultra-low overhead. To this end, we first study the multi-beam characteristic of a sparse uniform linear…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-05-06 Cong Zhou , Changsheng You , Shuo Shi , Jiasi Zhou , Chenyu Wu

Large antenna arrays can be used to generate highly focused beams that support very high data rates and reduced energy consumption. However, optimal beam focusing requires large amount of feedback from the users in order to choose the best…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-10-06 Abdoulaye Tall , Zwi Altman , Eitan Altman

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

In conventional multi-user multiple-input multiple-output (MU-MIMO) systems with frequency division duplexing (FDD), channel acquisition and precoder optimization processes have been designed separately although they are highly coupled.…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-09-22 Jeonghyeon Jang , Hoon Lee , Il-Min Kim , Inkyu Lee

In an aerial hybrid massive multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) and orthogonal frequency division multiplexing (OFDM) system, how to design a spectral-efficient broadband multi-user hybrid beamforming with a limited pilot and feedback…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-09-12 Zhen Gao , Minghui Wu , Chun Hu , Feifei Gao , Guanghui Wen , Dezhi Zheng , Jun Zhang

Extremely large aperture array (ELAA) can significantly enhance beamforming gain and spectral efficiency. Unfortunately, the use of narrower beams for data transmission results in a substantial increase in the cost of beam training. In this…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-30 Yuan Si , Hongkang Yu , Yijian Chen

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…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-30 Shuaifeng Jiang , Ahmed Alkhateeb

The recently envisioned goal-oriented communications paradigm calls for the application of inference on wirelessly transferred data via Machine Learning (ML) tools. An emerging research direction deals with the realization of inference ML…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-10 Kyriakos Stylianopoulos , Mattia Fabiani , Giulia Torcolacci , Davide Dardari , George C. Alexandropoulos

An active-sensing-based sense-then-train (STT) scheme is proposed for beam training in near-field multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems. Compared to conventional codebook-based schemes, the proposed STT scheme is capable of not only…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-08-01 Hao Jiang , Zhaolin Wang , Yuanwei Liu

Extremely large-scale multiple-input multiple-output (XL-MIMO) is expected to be an important technology in future sixth generation (6G) networks. Compared with conventional single-polarized XL-MIMO, where signals are transmitted and…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Shuhao Zeng , Boya Di , Hongliang Zhang , Zhu Han , H. Vincent Poor